Victoria Harbour and the skyline at night, Hong Kong

Who needs a visa for Hong Kong?

Eastern Asia · City of Victoria

Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 147 enter Hong Kong with no paperwork at all. The rest: 50 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

We have not found a Hong Kong government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Hong Kong's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 147

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 49

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa required 1

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.

About Hong Kong

Region
Eastern Asia
Capital
City of Victoria
Population
7,498,900 2025 · 104th of 197
Size
1,104 km² 173rd largest of 199
Density
6,792 per km²
Languages
English, Chinese
Currency
Hong Kong dollar HKD
Borders
China

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.