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Visa information

British Passport Holders

All British passport holders (British overseas territories citizens, British overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)  whose passports have at least six months’ validity, can enter Hong Kong for a period of up to 90 days without a visa.
 

UK

Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in London
12 Old Jewry
London
EC2R 8DP
Tel: 020 7710 6000
Website: http://www.visaforchina.org/LON_EN/
Email: ukcentre@visaforchina.org
Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Manchester
First floor
75 Mosley Street
Manchester
M2 3HR
Tel: 01612 361070
Website: http://www.visaforchina.org/MAN_EN/
Email: manchestercentre@visaforchina.org
Chinese Consulate-General in Edinburgh
55 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 5QG
Scotland
Tel: 0131-3372620
Website: http://edinburgh.china-consulate.org
E-mail: chinaconsul_eb_uk@mfa.gov.cn


British passport holders from British overseas territories citizens, British overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons whose passports have at least six months’ validity, can enter Hong Kong for a period of up to 90 days without a visa. Please contact your local Chinese Consulate office for information.
 

Please check with the Chinese Consulate office about visa entry requirements if you hold an alternative passport from the British passport.
 

Visitors are required to have adequate funds to cover the duration of their stay without working and, unless in transit to mainland China or the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), to hold onward or return tickets.
 

Visitors are not allowed by law to take up employment (paid or unpaid), to establish or join in any business, or to enter school as a student, nor, except in the most unusual circumstances, are they allowed to change their immigration status after arrival.
 

For further information please visit the Hong Kong Immigration Department website.
 

Republic of Ireland Passport Holders

Irish citizens whose passports have at least six months’ validity can enter Hong Kong for a period of up to 90 days without a visa.  Those who wish to stay longer must apply for a visa from Embassy of P.R.China in Ireland.
 

Ireland

Embassy of the P.R.China in Ireland
118 Merrion Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Tel: +353-1-2196651
Website: http://ie.chineseembassy.org/eng
E-mail: chinaemb_ie@mfa.gov.cn

Please check with the Chinese Consulate office about visa entry requirements if you hold an alternative passport from the Irish passport.


Visitors are required to have adequate funds to cover the duration of their stay without working and, unless in transit to mainland China or the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), to hold onward or return tickets.


Visitors are not allowed by law to take up employment (paid or unpaid), to establish or join in any business, or to enter school as a student, nor, except in the most unusual circumstances, are they allowed to change their immigration status after arrival.


For further information please visit the Hong Kong Immigration Department website.

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