HKSAR passport holders enjoy visa-free travel to over 130 countries/territories. The Immigration Department will continue to lobby more countries for maximum travel convenience for HKSAR passport holders.

[For details of countries/territories that have agreed to grant visa-free access to HKSAR passport holders, please click here.]

In general, Mainland residents visiting Hong Kong are required to have a valid "Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau" with a relevant endorsement and to meet the general entry requirements before they are permitted entry. For pregnant women who are at an advanced stage of pregnancy, they must also produce a booking confirmation certificate issued by a Hong Kong hospital (but not individual doctors) for admission to the hospital for delivery. If their aim of visit is not to give birth in Hong Kong, they must provide sufficient proof.

Whether a Mainland woman is at an advanced stage of pregnancy is judged by the relevant staff; but to minimize disputes, women who have been pregnant for seven months (or 28 weeks) or above will be deemed to be at such stage. Relevant visitors can bring documentary proof such as doctors' medical examination reports for relevant staff's reference.

At present, the first and foremost objectives of the Government are to ensure that local pregnant women can enjoy proper services to which they are entitled. The new medical care measures, including the booking requirement for obstetric services, apply to all Mainland pregnant women, regardless of whether their husbands are Hong Kong residents or not. Hence, the relevant immigration complementary measures are applicable to those women. For details, please refer to the press release entitled "New Measures on Obstetric Services and Immigration Control Announced" issued by the Hong Kong Government on 16 January 2007 (webpage: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200701/16/P200701160184.htm).