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Travelling to Hong Kong

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Entry requirements by nationality

  • Argentina: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Australia: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Brazil: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Canada: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Chile: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • France: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Germany: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • India: visa-free short stay — up to 14 days per visit
  • Israel: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Italy: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Japan: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Malaysia: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Mexico: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Netherlands: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • New Zealand: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Singapore: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • South Korea: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Spain: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit
  • Ukraine: visa-free short stay — up to 14 days per visit
  • United Kingdom: visa-free short stay — up to 180 days per visit
  • United States: visa-free short stay — up to 90 days per visit

What you can bring

  • Alcohol: allowed, within limits — "A passenger aged 18 or above is allowed to bring into Hong Kong, for his own use, 1 litre of alcoholic liquor with an alcoholic strength above 30% by volume" duty-free (measured at 20℃). Hong Kong ID card holders must have spent 24 hours or more outside Hong Kong to claim it.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Cannabis: prohibited — Cannabis is a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134). Hong Kong Customs "reminds members of the public not to bring any cannabis products or products containing CBD into Hong Kong." Trafficking (including importing and exporting) carries a maximum penalty of a fine of HK$5 million and life imprisonment; possession and consumption carry up to HK$1 million and seven years' imprisonment.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Cash: allowed, must be declared — Anyone arriving at a specified control point with currency and bearer negotiable instruments totalling "more than HKD120,000" must "make a declaration to a Customs officer, using the Red Channel." The threshold applies in any currency (declare in the original currency, e.g. USD 20,000); an adult accompanying a child under 16 declares on the child's behalf.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • CBD: prohibited — "CBD has been listed as a dangerous drug under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (DDO)" since 1 February 2023. "Importation of products (including food or drinks) containing CBD into Hong Kong is prohibited unless the relevant provisions in the DDO are complied with," with no exemption based on concentration. Maximum penalty for trafficking (including import): HK$5 million and life imprisonment; for possession or consumption: HK$1 million and seven years.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Controlled medication: depends on specifics — A visitor wishing to bring medicine containing dangerous drugs (as defined under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 134) must obtain "prior written approval issued by the Drug Office of the Department of Health", supported by a certification letter from the local doctor giving the doctor's name and medical registration number, clinic details, the patient's name and address, and the drug name, dosage form, strength and total quantity, with the doctor's original signature. Processing normally takes 10 working days; carry both the letter and the approval while travelling.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Drones: depends on specifics — Under Hong Kong's Small Unmanned Aircraft Order (Cap. 448G), "all SUA and remote pilots shall be registered except for Standard Category A1 Operations" — that is, aircraft weighing not more than 250 g operated within the applicable operating requirements are exempt from registration. Non-residents register through the Civil Aviation Department's eSUA portal using their travel documents; registrations by non-residents "are normally valid for six months."Detailscompare everywhere →
  • E-cigarettes: prohibited — "No person may import an alternative smoking product by way of parcels, cargoes, and bringing in by incoming travellers." The ban covers e-cigarettes, heated tobacco (heat sticks), herbal cigarettes and their accessories, regardless of quantity or personal use. Import penalty on summary conviction: a fine of HK$500,000 and two years' imprisonment.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Fresh produce: depends on specifics — "Under the Plant (Importation and Pest Control) Ordinance, Cap. 207, it is illegal to import plants, plant pests or soil into Hong Kong without a valid licence / authorization issued in advance by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. However, plants produced in and imported from any place in China outside Hong Kong are exempted from licensing requirement. The exemption also applies to the import of cut flowers, fruits and vegetables for consumption."Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Meat & dairy: depends on specifics — "No licence is required for the import of frozen or chilled meat and poultry imported in the personal baggage of a person for personal consumption or as gifts, in an amount not exceeding 15 kg. For frozen or chilled meat and poultry, however, an official certificate as defined in the Imported Game, Meat, Poultry and Eggs Regulations, Cap. 132AK, is required."Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Prescription medication: allowed, within limits — "Pharmaceutical products and medicines imported in the personal baggage of a person entering Hong Kong and which are accompanied by him and in a reasonable quantity for his personal use may be exempted from licensing requirement." No numeric day-supply cap is published; "reasonable quantity for personal use" is the test.Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Tobacco: allowed, within limits — "A passenger aged 18 or above is allowed to bring into Hong Kong, for his own use, the following quantity of tobacco products exempted from duty: 19 cigarettes; or 1 cigar or 25 grams of cigars; or 25 grams of other manufactured tobacco."Detailscompare everywhere →
  • Weapons: depends on specifics — Under the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance, Cap. 238, "possession of arms and ammunition is subject to a licence for possession or a dealer's licence issued by the Hong Kong Police Force." "Arms" include pistols, air guns and air rifles with muzzle energy greater than 2 joules, electric stun guns, aerosols containing noxious gas, liquid or powder (e.g. dog repellents), harpoons, spear guns, and crossbows with a draw weight of more than 6 kg. Importing arms and ammunition on the Munitions List also requires a licence from the Trade and Industry Department. Separately, the Weapons Ordinance, Cap. 217, "forbids the possession of the prohibited weapons, such as Chinese-style throwing dart, knuckleduster, spring-loaded steel baton, gravity knife and gravity-operated steel baton, as listed in the Schedule of the Ordinance."Detailscompare everywhere →

Checked against official sources on 2026-09-21. Official source

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