{"question":{"passport":"RKS","destination":"HKG","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"hk-visa-list","url":"https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html","passage":"National of foreign country (territory)/Type of travel document\n\nVisa free period for visit not exceeding\n\nAlways require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area\n\n…\n\nAll 'stateless' travel document holders\n\n-\n\nVisa Required\n\n…\n\nNationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit\n\n7 Days\n\n-","explanation":"Kosovo appears in no enumerated row of the chapter and in no accepted 'type of travel document' entry, so its passport holder is granted no visa-free right by the table; the residual 7-day visa-free line reaches only 'Nationals of other foreign countries' holding otherwise acceptable passports, and the Immigration Department's unpublished administrative determination that a Kosovo passport is not an acceptable travel document for the HKSAR places a Kosovo passport outside that catch-all, so the holder must travel on an acceptable passport carrying a valid visa.","publisher":"The information in this chapter on visa or entry permit requirements for visitors to the HKSAR is updated in August 2026."},"checkedAt":"2026-09-06","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}