HKG 1 night layover + visa
Sep 22, 2010, 9:41 am
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HKG 1 night layover + visa
I have browsed through the HKG subforum and have not found the info I was looking for.
I will be going From SFO to HKG to DPS and my sfo-HKG lands at 18:45 while my HKG-DPS leaves @10:05 next morning.
After doing a little research I saw that there was no need for a visa for US (wife) or French (me) citizens.
- Can I spend 24h or less in HKG with no visa (french and US citizen?
- What do you guys recommend for this transit and its cost? (trying not to spend too much) airport hotel? city hotel +transportation...
Thanks!
I will be going From SFO to HKG to DPS and my sfo-HKG lands at 18:45 while my HKG-DPS leaves @10:05 next morning.
After doing a little research I saw that there was no need for a visa for US (wife) or French (me) citizens.
- Can I spend 24h or less in HKG with no visa (french and US citizen?
- What do you guys recommend for this transit and its cost? (trying not to spend too much) airport hotel? city hotel +transportation...
Thanks!
Sep 22, 2010, 10:58 am
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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No, French and American citizens do not require a visa for an overnight transit stay in HK. The entry requirements as posted at the HK Immigration Dept.'s web site are as follows:
"Visit or Transit
3. An application for an entry visa/permit to enter Hong Kong for a visit (leisure, social or business) or transit may be favourably considered if:
- the applicant's bona fides are not in doubt;
- the applicant has adequate funds to cover the duration of his/her stay without working; and
- where the application is for a transit visa/permit, he/she holds an onward ticket to the place of his/her destination unless the destination is the Mainland of China or the Macao SAR."
Source: http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hkvisas_1.htm#visit
For tourist information, the HK Tourism Board's official web site is a good place to start.
Depending on your budget, choices of hotels are plentiful.
"Visit or Transit
3. An application for an entry visa/permit to enter Hong Kong for a visit (leisure, social or business) or transit may be favourably considered if:
- the applicant's bona fides are not in doubt;
- the applicant has adequate funds to cover the duration of his/her stay without working; and
- where the application is for a transit visa/permit, he/she holds an onward ticket to the place of his/her destination unless the destination is the Mainland of China or the Macao SAR."
Source: http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hkvisas_1.htm#visit
For tourist information, the HK Tourism Board's official web site is a good place to start.
Depending on your budget, choices of hotels are plentiful.
Sep 22, 2010, 5:59 pm
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You'll both get 90 day visas on arrival.
There are plenty of threads in this forum on what to do for stays of various lengths.
If you are party animals and manage to get some sleep on the plane over from the US then you might consider doing an all-nighter in Lan Kwai Fong / Wanchai and catching up on your sleep on the plane to Bali. Even at LKF drinks prices that's got to be cheaper than taking a hotel! (Although it only really works if you have lounge access at the airport before and after.)
There are plenty of threads in this forum on what to do for stays of various lengths.
If you are party animals and manage to get some sleep on the plane over from the US then you might consider doing an all-nighter in Lan Kwai Fong / Wanchai and catching up on your sleep on the plane to Bali. Even at LKF drinks prices that's got to be cheaper than taking a hotel! (Although it only really works if you have lounge access at the airport before and after.)