Hong Kong Visitor visas/Entry requirements
All visitors to Hong Kong should hold a passport that is valid for at least six months after their planned departure date from Hong Kong.
Nationals of most countries are not required to obtain visas and can stay for periods varying from seven days to 180 days, depending on nationality.
British citizens will be given a permit for up to 180 days, upon arrival, while citizens of EU countries, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Japan will be given a permit for up to 90 days, on arrival.
As a principal, all visitors are required to have an onward ticket and sufficient funds to support themselves, while in Hong Kong.
Visitors are not allowed to work in Hong Kong (whether in paid or unpaid jobs), to establish or join in any business, or to enter school as a student.
Changing your immigration status, after entering, is also impossible so if you wish to apply for a different type of visa (work permit, for example) you will have to leave Hong Kong and apply from abroad.
For more details about visitor visas/permits, visit the visa or entry permit requirements page, at the Hong Kong Immigration website.
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Travel pass
Businessmen and professionals who intend to visit Hong Kong frequently may apply for a Travel Pass. It will enable them to enter the territory few times a year, without questions...
In order to get the Travel Pass, applicants will have to satisfy the Immigration that they have a genuine need to visit Hong Kong frequently.
For more details and application forms : http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hktraveldoc_3.htm
Customs
Customs in Hong Kong is quite simple and hassle-free. If you have nothing special to declare you may just proceed.
The duty free allowance per person is : 1 liter of alcoholic liquor, 60 cigarettes or 15 cigars or 75 grams of other manufactured tobacco.
Meat and poultry (whether frozen or chilled) and plants (or plant produce) must not be brought into Hong Kong.
Please note that security checks for departing and transit passengers at Hong Kong International Airport are fairly thorough. Don't carry any sharp objects with a point or blade such as knives, cutters, scissors, razor blades, or household cutlery in carry-on luggage. Put them in your check-in baggage or they will be confiscated. From 21 March 2007, restrictions also apply to carry-on liquids, gels and aerosols, which must be in containers no bigger than 100ml and placed in a single (maximum one per passenger) transparent re-sealable bag with a capacity not exceeding one liter.
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