Visa & Customs

Visitors can come to Hong Kong without a visa (click here for details). Usually Immigration Department will grant a 14 days to 90 days visa for visitors, depending on which passport you are holding. Make sure you have sufficient funds (e.g. an international credit cards and/or appropriate amount of cash) to support your stay here because Hong Kong Government will not allow any visitors to look for a job here even without paid. You might also requested to possess a return ticket (except transit to Mainland China or Macau) on arrival to proof yourself no intention to stay longer.

If you want to stay longer than the period granted, you should apply a visa or entry permit before you come. If your country is not on the list or marked with a "R" (Visa Required), check with your local travel agencies, the nearest Chinese Consulate, or send your enquiries to hkstreet.com, we will be most grateful to help you. If you are the residents of Mainland China, Taiwan or Macau, a different rules will apply to get your visa, please look for further details down below.

Anybody who want to come to Hong Kong for employment, study, establish/join any business or residence, are required to obtain a visa or entry permit before arrival. Should you need further information please go to Hong Kong Immigration Department, 2/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong [Tel: (852) 2824-6111, Fax (852) 2877-7711] to know more in details.

A separate visa is required for those who wants to visit China. You can apply before you start your journey through your local travel agencies, your nearest Chinese Consulate or apply after you have arrived Hong Kong through hkstreet.com. Click here for more details.
The quickest visa application takes only one business day and our prices are certainly competitive.

Hong Kong is one of the most healthy city around the world. Usually we don't require travellers to possess a health certificate. However, if you come from a city which might have higher risk of infections or if some special virus is spreading out in some countries, then you might required to get a health certificate before arrival. Check with your travel agent or click here for more details.

Hong Kong is a free port. There is no restriction on the amount of foreign and/or Hong Kong currency which can be taken in and out of Hong Kong. There is also no special charges on general imports. However, if you bring liquors, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil and methyl alchol exceed the limits then you have to pay the duties.

Visitor who is over 18 years old is allowed to bring in free of duty:

1. One litre of wine or spirit; and
2. 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 grammes of tobacco.

It is offenced to law if you brings the above mentioned articles exceeds the duty-free concessions without declaration.

Prohibited Items. 1) Narcotics, such as Opium, Morphine, Heroin, Cocaine, Cannabis, Methadone and other narcotic analgesics; 2) Psychotropic drugs including most stimulants, hypnotics, tranquilizers and sedatives such as Amphetamine, Benzodiazepines, Quinalbarbitone, Methaqualone and others; 3) Antibiotics and other poisons such as Penicillin, Tetracycline, Corticosteroid and others; 4) Controlled chemicals such as Acetic Anhydride, Ephedrine and others; 5) Firearms and ammunition; 6) Weapons; 7) Fireworks, Strategic commodities; 8) Textiles; and 9) Animals and Plants is not allowed from bringing in or leaving Hong Kong. Persons importing counterfeit goods, infringing copies of computer software, compact discs or music cassette tapes are liable to criminal prosecution. Check with Customs and Excise Department for details items which is prohibited.

Residents from Mainland China. Mainland residents from Guangdong Province and 23 cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Jinan, Shenyang, Dalian, Nanchang, Changsha, Nanning, Haikou, Guiyang and Kunming, who wish to come here for sightseeing purpose in individual capacity are required to obtain an Exit-entry Permit for travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau and an "endorsement for individual visit (Geren Luyou)" valid for single or double-journey from the relevant Public Security Bureau Office.

Taiwanese can apply either a single or multiple entries tourist visas through the local authorized airlines offices, if submit together with a reference can speed up the processing time. If you come here for business, training, investment or residence purpose, then you should nominate a local sponsor as well.

Macau residents who is holding a "Macau SAR passports" or a "Macau SAR Travel Permits" may transit Hong Kong for up to 7 days entry-permit free to another country. Residents who have a "Smart Permanet Identity Card", holders of "Visit Permit for Residents of Macau" is allowed to visit Hong Kong for up to 14 days each time.