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Our visa specialists excel in areas of Hong Kong immigration requirements. From our experience, selecting the appropriate type of visas and devising a proper strategy from the start are of prime essence for the prompt and successful application. We utilize our solid relevant experience and in-depth knowledge of the procedures and requirements of visa application to advise our clients the best strategy for the appropriate type of visa to be applied.

We provide a simplified solution with our in-depth knowledge and years of experience in the procedures and requirements of visa application. We offer professional advice on choosing the most appropriate visa type and its relevant forms, with the best strategy. Below is a list of the most commonly-applied visa types and immigration services in Hong Kong.

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  1. CAPITAL INVESTMENT ENTRANT SCHEME
  2. QUALITY MIGRANT ADMISSION SCHEME
  3. WORKING HOLIDAY SCHEME

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Starting from 26 January 1998, frequent visitors holding valid passports and are eligible to come to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) without a visa or entry permit for visit purpose may apply for HKSAR Travel Pass.
Applicants should have genuine needs to visit the HKSAR frequently, and have come for visits trouble-free on 3 or more occasions (other than return from side trips to the Mainland of China or the region of Macao) in the 12-month period immediately preceding the application, or can satisfy the Director of Immigration that their visits may bring substantial benefits to the HKSAR.
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  1. Extension for Visitors
    Applications may be made in person before or within seven days from expiry of the limit of stay. Foreign (i.e. non-Mainland) visitors may make the applications to the Extension Section or any Immigration Branch Offices(except Hong Kong Island Travel Documents Issuing Office). Mainland visitors should only make the applications to the Extension Section on 5/F, Immigration Tower. Applications will be considered on its own merits. 
  2. Extension for Non-permanent status (Does not apply to foreign domestic helpers, imported workers, Mainland residents admitted as students, entrants under Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals and Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates, and their dependants)

    Applications may be made to the Extension Section or any Immigration Branch Offices (except Hong Kong Island Travel Documents Issuing Office) within four weeks before the expiry of your limit of stay.

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Eligibility

  • he/she is financially capable of employing an FDH;
  • he/she has entered into a Standard Employment Contract (ID407) as specified by the Director of Immigration with the prospective helper;
  • he/she will require the prospective helper to perform domestic duties only;
  • he/she will not allow or require the prospective helper to take up any employment with any other person during the contractual period as specified in the employment contract;
  • he/she will pay the helper a salary no less than the minimum allowable wage as announced by the HKSAR Government;
  • he/she will let the helper work and reside at the contractual address only;
  • he/she will provide the helper with decent accommodation and suitable privacy;
  • he/she is a bona fide resident in Hong Kong and the bona fides of him/her and the prospective helper are not in doubt;
  • he/she has no adverse record in respect of employment of FDH.

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Introduction

This entry arrangement is for persons who wish to enter the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for study.

Eligibility Criteria

      1. An application for a visa/entry permit to enter the HKSAR for study may be favourably considered if :
        1. the applicant:
          1. is admitted to a private school registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap. 279) or Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap. 320) (entry for study in public or aided schools is not permitted except for tertiary education);
          2. takes up studies in a full-time locally-accredited post-secondary programme including short-term course, part-time locally-accredited taught postgraduate programme, or full-time exchange study programme for not more than one year at degree or above level; or
          3. is enrolled in a course on the register of non-local higher education or professional courses as set up under the Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance (Cap. 493);

 

        1. the applicant is:
          1. from the age of 5 years and 8 months to 11 for primary education; or
          2. below the age of 20 for secondary education;

 

        1. the applicant holds a school acceptance letter to confirm that he/she has been accepted for a course of study; and

 

      1. the applicant is able to meet the fees for the course, the living expenses for his/her maintenance and accommodation without working and without recourse to public funds.

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This entry arrangement is for persons who wish to enter the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for training.

Eligibility Criteria

  • An application for a visa/entry permit to enter the HKSAR for a limited period (not more than 12 months) of training to acquire special skills and knowledge not available in the applicant’s country/territory of domicile may be favourably considered if:
  • there is no security objection and no known record of serious crime in respect of the applicant;
  • the bona fides of the applicant and the sponsoring company are satisfied;
  • the sponsoring company is a well-established company, capable of providing the proposed training;
  • there is a contract signed between the sponsoring company and the applicant;
  • the sponsoring company guarantees in writing the maintenance and repatriation of the applicant and that the applicant will receive training in the sponsor’s premises until the end of the agreed period, after which the applicant will return to his/her place of residence; and
  • the proposed duration and content of the training programme can be justified.

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This entry arrangements for persons who wish to enter/stay in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for employment as professionals.

Applicants who have obtained a degree or higher qualification in a full-time and locally accredited programme in Hong Kong (hereafter “non-local graduates”) may apply to stay/return and work in the HKSAR under the “Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates” (hereafter “IANG”).

Applicants who are not non-local graduates but possess special skills, knowledge or experience of value to and not readily available in the HKSAR may apply to come to work under the General Employment Policy (hereafter “GEP”). The GEP does not apply to Chinese residents of the Mainland.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Non-local graduates here refer to persons from outside the HKSAR who have obtained a degree or higher qualification in a full-time and locally accredited programme in Hong Kong. For a sponsor who is a Hong Kong permanent resident or a resident who is not subject
  • Non-local graduates who submit applications to the Immigration Department within six months after the date of their graduation (i.e. the date shown on their graduation certificates) are classified as non-local fresh graduates.
  • Non-local graduates who submit applications beyond six months of the date of their graduation are classified asreturning non-local graduates.
  • Non-local fresh graduates who wish to apply to stay and work in the HKSAR are not required to secure an offer of employment upon application. They may be granted 12 months’ stay on time limitation without other conditions of stay provided that normal immigration requirements are met. Those who intend to apply to stay and work in the HKSAR but have not yet secured the graduation result may apply for extension of stay to wait for the promulgation of results. Non-local fresh graduates who have not yet obtained their graduation certificate could apply to stay and work by producing a proof from the institution confirming that he/she has graduated.
  • Returning non-local graduates who wish to return to work in the HKSAR are required to secure an offer of employment upon application. The applications will be favourably considered so long as the job is at a level commonly taken up by degree holders and the remuneration package is set at market level. They may be granted 12 months’ stay on time limitation without other conditions of stay provided that normal immigration requirements are met.

For more information like application procedures, time required and documentation needed to be submitted, please email us atinfo@visto.hk

This entry arrangement for persons who wish to enter the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for investment under the General Employment Policy (GEP), i.e. to establish or join in business in the HKSAR.

Eligibility Criteria

  1. An application for a visa/entry permit to enter the HKSAR for investment may be favorably considered if:
        • there is no security objection and no known record of serious crime in respect of the applicant;
        • the applicant has a good education background, normally a first degree in the relevant field, but in special circumstances, good technical qualifications, proven professional abilities and/or relevant experience and achievements supported by documentary evidence may also be accepted; and
        • the applicant is in a position to make substantial contribution to the economy of the HKSAR.

2. Overseas Chinese nationals holding People’s Republic of China (PRC) passports who meet the criteria stipulated in paragraph 3 and normal immigration requirements may apply to enter the HKSAR for investment if:

        • the applicant has permanent residence overseas; or
        • the applicant has been residing overseas for at least one year immediately before the submission of application (“overseas” means places outside the Mainland, the Macao SAR and Hong Kong SAR) and that the application is submitted from overseas.

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  1. Introduction

This entry arrangement is for persons who require a visa/entry permit to visit/transit the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). If a person wishes to visit or transit the HKSAR but does not enjoy the visa waiver concession; or if he/she wishes to stay beyond the entitled visa free period, he/she must obtain a visa/entry permit before coming.

2. Eligibility Criteria

An application for a visa/entry permit to enter the HKSAR for a visit or transit may be favourably considered if:

    1. the applicant’s bona fides are not in doubt;
    2. the applicant has adequate funds to cover the duration of his/her stay without working; and
    3. where the application is for a transit visa/entry permit, he/she holds an onward ticket to the place of his/her destination unless the destination is the Mainland of China or Macao.

HKSAR visa requirements for the following foreign countries / territories:

Nationality of foreign country (Territory)/ Type of Travel DocumentVisa free period for visit not exceedingAlways require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area
AFGHANISTANVisa Required
ALBANIAVisa Required
ALGERIA14 Days
ANDORRA90 Days
ANGOLA (please see remarks)Visa Required^
ANGOLA Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
ANGUILLA90 Days
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA90 Days
ARGENTINA90 Days
ARMENIAVisa Required
AUSTRALIA90 Days
AUSTRIA90 Days
AZERBAIJANVisa Required
BAHAMAS90 Days
BAHRAIN30 Days
BANGLADESHVisa Required^
BANGLADESH Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
BARBADOS90 Days
BELARUSVisa Required
BELGIUM90 Days
BELIZE90 Days
BENIN14 Days
BERMUDA90 Days
BHUTAN14 Days
BOLIVIA30 Days
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA14 Days
BOTSWANA90 Days
BRAZIL90 Days
BRITAIN (British citizens)180 Days
BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)90 Days
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY90 Days
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY90 Days
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS90 Days
BRUNEI90 Days
BULGARIA90 Days
BURKINA FASO14 Days
BURUNDI (please see remarks)Visa Required^
BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
CAMBODIAVisa Required
CAMEROON (please see remarks)Visa Required^
CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
CANADA90 Days
CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF)30 Days
CAYMAN ISLANDS90 Days
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC14 Days
CHAD14 Days
CHILE90 Days
COLOMBIA90 Days
COMOROS14 Days
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire)Visa Required*
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)Visa Required^
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
COSTA RICA30 Days
Costa Rican Provisional passportsVisa Required
“Documento de Identidad Y Viaje” issued by Costa Rican GovernmentVisa Required
COTE D’IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF)Visa Required*
CROATIA14 Days
CUBAVisa Required
CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)90 Days
CZECH REPUBLIC90 Days
DENMARK90 Days
DJIBOUTI14 Days
DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF)90 Days
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC30 Days
ECUADOR90 Days
EGYPT90 Days
EL SALVADOR30 Days
EQUATORIAL GUINEA14 Days
ERITREA (please see remarks) Visa Required*
ESTONIA90 Days
ETHIOPIAVisa Required^
ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES90 Days
FAROE ISLANDS90 Days
FIJI90 Days
FINLAND90 Days
FRANCE90 Days
GABON14 Days
GAMBIA90 Days
GEORGIAVisa Required
GERMANY90 Days
GHANAVisa Required^
GHANA Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
GIBRALTAR90 Days
GREECE90 Days
GREENLAND90 Days
GRENADAVisa Required
GUATEMALA30 Days
GUINEA14 Days
GUINEA-BISSAU14 Days
GUYANA90 Days
HAITI14 Days
HONDURAS30 Days
HUNGARY90 Days
ICELAND90 Days
INDIA14 Days
INDONESIA30 Days
IRANVisa Required
IRAQ (please see remarks)Visa Required*
IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)90 Days
ISRAEL90 Days
ITALY90 Days
JAMAICA90 Days
JAPAN90 Days
JORDAN30 Days
KAZAKHSTANVisa Required
KENYA90 Days
KIRIBATI90 Days
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF)Visa Required
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)90 Days
KUWAIT30 Days
KYRGYSTANVisa Required
LAOSVisa Required
LATVIA90 Days
LEBANONVisa Required
LESOTHO14 Days
LIBERIA (please see remarks)Visa Required*
LIBYAVisa Required
LIECHTENSTEIN90 Days
LITHUANIA90 Days
LUXEMBOURG90 Days
MACEDONIA14 Days
MADAGASCAR14 Days
MALAWI90 Days
MALAYSIA90 Days
MALDIVES90 Days
MALI14 Days
MALTA90 Days
MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF)14 Days
MAURITANIA14 Days
MAURITIUS90 Days
MEXICO90 Days
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)14 Days
MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF)Visa Required
MONACO90 Days
MONGOLIA14 Days
MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF )Visa Required
MONTSERRAT90 Days
MOROCCO30 Days
MOZAMBIQUE14 Days
MYANMARVisa Required
NAMIBIA90 Days
NAURU90 Days
NEPALVisa Required*
NETHERLANDS90 Days
NEW ZEALAND90 Days
NICARAGUAVisa Required
NIGER14 Days
NIGERIAVisa Required
NORWAY90 Days
OMAN30 Days
PAKISTAN (please see remarks)Visa Required^
PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
PALAU14 Days
PALESTINE (STATES OF)Visa Required
PANAMAVisa Required
PAPUA NEW GUINEA90 Days
PARAGUAY30 Days
PERU30 Days
Special Peruvian passportsVisa Required
PHILIPPINES14 Days
PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS90 Days
POLAND90 Days
PORTUGAL90 Days
QATAR30 Days
ROMANIA90 Days
RUSSIAN FEDERATION14 Days
RWANDA14 Days
SAMOA (WESTERN)30 Days
SAN MARINO90 Days
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE14 Days
SAUDI ARABIA30 Days
SENEGALVisa Required
SERBIA (Republic of)Visa Required
SEYCHELLES90 Days
SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks)Visa Required*
SINGAPORE90 Days
SLOVAK REPUBLIC90 Days
SLOVENIA90 Days
SOLOMON ISLANDSVisa Required
SOMALIAVisa Required*
SOUTH AFRICA30 Days
SPAIN90 Days
SRI LANKAVisa Required^
SRI LANKA DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL PASSPORT14 Days
ST. HELENA90 Days
ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)90 Days
ST. KITTS – NEVIS ANGUILLA90 Days
ST. LUCIA90 Days
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES90 Days
SUDANVisa Required
SURINAME14 Days
SWAZILAND90 Days
SWEDEN90 Days
SWITZERLAND90 Days
SYRIAVisa Required
TAJIKISTANVisa Required
TANZANIA90 Days
THAILAND30 Days
THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS90 Days
THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA90 Days
TOGOVisa Required^
TOGO Diplomatic/Official Passport14 Days
TONGA90 Days
Tongan National passportsVisa Required
Tongan Protected Persons passportsVisa Required
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO90 Days
TUNISIA30 Days
TURKEY90 Days
TURKMENISTANVisa Required
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS90 Days
TUVALU90 Days
TUVALU (with national status stated as ‘I-TUVALU’)Visa Required
UGANDA30 Days
UKRAINEVisa Required
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES30 Days
URUGUAY90 Days
Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90Visa Required
U.S.A.90 Days
US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)14 Days
UZBEKISTANVisa Required
VANUATU90 Days
VATICAN CITY14 Days
Vatican Service passportsVisa Required
VENEZUELA90 Days
VIETNAMVisa Required
YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF)30 Days
ZAMBIA90 Days
ZIMBABWE90 Days
All ‘stateless’ travel document holdersVisa Required
Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit7 Days

Remarks :
All nationals are required to hold a valid visa for the HKSAR for whatever purpose (including those who are in transit and remain on the airside).
All nationals (except holders of Diplomatic and Official passports) are required to hold a valid visa for the HKSAR for whatever purpose (including those who are in transit and remain on the airside).

This entry arrangement is for persons who wish to enter the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for residence as dependents.

Eligibility Criteria

      1. For a sponsor who is a Hong Kong permanent resident or a resident who is not subject to a limit of stay (i.e. a resident with the right to land or on unconditional stay), the following dependants may apply to join him/her for residence in the HKSAR:
        1. his/her spouse;
        2. his/her unmarried dependent child under the age of 18; and
        3. his/her parent aged 60 or above.
      1. For a sponsor who has been admitted into the HKSAR to take up employment (as a professional, for investment to establish/join in business, or for training) or studies (in a full-time undergraduate or post-graduate programme in a local degree-awarding institution), or who is permitted to remain in the HKSAR as an entrant under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme or the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, the following dependants may apply to join him/her for residence in the HKSAR:
        1. his/her spouse; and
        2. his/her unmarried dependent child under the age of 18.
    1.  An application for admission of a dependant may be favourably considered if:
      1. there is reasonable proof of a genuine relationship between the applicant and the sponsor;
      2. there is no known record to the detriment of the applicant; and
      3. the sponsor is able to support the dependant’s living at a standard well above the subsistence level and provide him/her with suitable accommodation in the HKSAR.

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