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Entry to Indonesia on a HKSAR passport permits a visa-free stay of 30 days whilst on a BN(O) passport a 30-day visa must be purchased on arrival at a cost of US$25. Similarly, HKSAR passport holders are eligible to obtain a visa on arrival in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, whilst BN(O) passport holders are ineligible.
The passport is also machine readable, designed for immigration control points equipped with passport scanners. Details which are printed include: Travel document type: PH; Code of Issuing State: CHN; Document number; Surname and Given Names: in Traditional Chinese characters and English; Nationality: Sex: denoted as "M" (male) or "F" (female)
Since 2018, visas for some journalists have been declined by the Immigration Department, including New York Times journalist Chris Buckley and Hong Kong Free Press' incoming editor. [15] In March 2021, the Ombudsman of Hong Kong announced that the Immigration Department was placed under investigation due to the rejection of the visa for the ...
Cover of the latest version of an HKSAR biometric passport. As of 2025, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport holders have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 171 countries and territories, ranking the passport 18th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is ranked 15th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
2 - Pre-arrival Registration online (PAR) required for normal passport holders. Holders of diplomatic and official passports, UN laissez-passers, HKSAR Travel Passes, Hong Kong SAR visas as well as persons successfully registered for e-Channels and Indian nationals in transit who do not clear immigration are exempt. [12]
Passport applicants who wish to do a renewal online must meet the following criteria, per the State Department:-- Be U.S. citizens and residents ages 25 and older who have already had an existing ...
Certificates of Identity were issued to Hong Kong permanent residents who did not hold and could not obtain any valid travel documents for overseas travel. For example, permanent residents who were citizens of People's Republic of China (PRC) could obtain neither their Chinese passports unless they held hukou registration in Mainland China, nor their British passports unless they naturalized ...
The term "Hong Kong passport" can refer to the following passports which are used primarily by residents of Hong Kong: Contemporary passports British National (Overseas) passport, which is a type of British passport; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport, a type of Chinese passport; Defunct passport