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Hong Kong SAR passportEdit check
Travel authorisation, 6 months
Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation.
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they hold a passport issued by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
Add entry dateSource & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
(d) hold a passport issued by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
Aevamo’s reading
IRPR Part 2 Division 1, s.7(1), creates the temporary resident visa obligation and s.7.1(1) creates the eTA obligation that this regime answers; s.190 and Schedule 1.1 (separately fetched pages of the same regulation) grant the exemptions from that obligation. It is the instrument that imposes the requirement, not a description of it.
s.190(2)(d) exempts a holder of a Hong Kong SAR passport; as a visa-exempt air traveller s.7.1(1) then requires an eTA.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Regulations are current to 2026-06-17 and last amended on 2026-06-12; IRPA current to 2026-06-17 and last amended on 2026-03-26.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.