Hong Kong
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23 May 2022
Certificate adoption
A certificate is adopted.
Instrument type
Vaccination based
Certificate name
Electronic vaccination record in CommonPass
Certificate details
QR code that contains the following information:
- Name of vaccine recipient
- Identity document number
- Status of vaccination (include date of vaccination, vaccine brand and number of dose received)
Certificate format
Electronic. Certificate can be accessed via the CommonPass application.
Entry protocol
For general measures
Entry restriction exemptions
The following travellers are exempt from the entry restrictions, provided they meet all other required criteria listed as below:
- Diplomatic/official passport holders (subject to prevailing visa requirements)
- The spouse and children of Hong Kong residents
- Local government personnel performing official duties
- Personnel approved by the Hong Kong SAR government to carry out anti-epidemic work
- Travellers holding a new entry visa to work, study, establish or join in any business, or to take up residence in Hong Kong
Document requirement
Pre-departure requirements for entering Hong Kong
- Travellers travelling from anywhere in the Chinese Mainland (with the exception of the Guangdong province) are required to present a negative result PCR test for COVID-19, the sample for which must have been taken within 3days of the scheduled day of arrival at Hong Kong, and have a separate document (in English or Chinese) or with a screenshot to prove that the test result was issued by a testing organisation recognised by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China
- For all others, the HKSAR Government has a three tier classification system that governs the pre-departure and documentation requirements for entering Hong Kong. Please visit https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/inbound-travel.html to see the list of countries.
- Group A – High risk places
Fully vaccinated Hong Kong residents and fully vaccinated foreign domestic helpers who have stayed or transited through these countries are permitted to enter Hong Kong provided they can present:
- A negative PCR test report* issued by a laboratory or healthcare institution
- Separate documentary proof (in English or Chinese) to show that the laboratory or healthcare institution is ISO 15189 accredited or is recognised or approved by the relevant authority of the government of the place in which the laboratory or healthcare institution is located.
- Confirmation of a room reservation at a designated quarantine hotel
- Group B – Medium risk places
Travellers who have stayed in or transited through any places which are not in Group A, Group C, Chinese Mainland or Macao SAR.
All Hong Kong residents and fully vaccinated non–Hong Kong residents who have stayed in or transited through these countries in the past 14 days may enter Hong Kong provided they can present:
- A negative PCR test report* taken within 48 hours of the scheduled time of departure of the flight to Hong Kong and issued by a laboratory or healthcare institution
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- Separate documentary proof (in English or Chinese) to show that the laboratory or healthcare institution is ISO 15189 accredited or is recognised or approved by the relevant authority of the government.
- Confirmation of room reservation at a designated quarantine hotel
- Vaccination proof must be a recognised vaccination record issued by Hong Kong or relevant authorities or recognised institutions of the places where the vaccine was administered.
- Group C – Low risk places
Travellers who have stayed in or transited any country named by the HKSAR government as low risk in the past 14 days. Currently there are no countries in this Group.
Hong Kong residents and non–Hong Kong residents who have visited places under this category in the past 14 days, are able to enter Hong Kong provided they can present:
- A negative PCR test report* taken within 48 hours of the scheduled time of departure of the flight to Hong Kong and issued by a laboratory or healthcare institution
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- Separate documentary proof (in English or Chinese) to show that the laboratory or healthcare institution is ISO 15189 accredited or is recognised or approved by the relevant authority of the government.
- Confirmation of room reservation at a designated quarantine hotel for the relevant quarantine period starting on the day of arrival in Hong Kong.
- Vaccination proof must be a recognised vaccination record issued by Hong Kong or relevant authorities or recognised institutions of the places where the vaccine was administered. (For the list of recognised COVID-19 vaccines, please visit here่)
Quarantine
Most travellers need to undergo compulsory quarantine for 21 days in a designated quarantine For more details, please visit https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/inbound-travel.html
Vaccine authorised to be used in the country
- Pfizer/BioNTech
- Sinovac
Vaccine accepted for inbound travellers
The following list of recognised COVID-19 vaccines:
- AstraZeneca / SK Bioscience: AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine 2 Vaxzevria or COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]) AZD1222
- Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical: ZF2001
- BioNTech: Comirnaty Tozinameran – COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (nucleoside modified) or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2
- CanSinoBIO: Recombinant COVID-19 Vaccine (Adenovirus Type-5-Vectored Vaccine) or Convidecia
- Janssen: Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine or Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19) vaccine or Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19)
- Moderna: Moderna COVID 19 Vaccine or mRNA-1273 vaccine
- Serum Institute of India: Covishield or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Corona Virus Vaccine (Recombinant) or AZD1222
- Sinopharm / Beijing Institute of Biological Products: COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated (Vero) or BBIBP-CorV COVID-19-i SARS-COV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell) Inactivated (Vero)
- Sinopharm / Wuhan Institute of Biological Products: COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated (Vero), WIBP-CorV
- Sinovac: CoronaVac COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell) or Inactivated (Vero)
- The Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology: Sputnik V
- Bharat Biotech: Covaxin
- Institute of Medical Biology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences: SARS-COV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated
- Novavax: Nuvaxovid NVX-CoV2373 2
- Serum Institute of India: Covishield 2
- Serum Institute of India: Covovax
- Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products: SARS-COV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated
Border status
Partially open.
Reference
(1) https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/inbound-travel.html
(2) https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/pdf/list_of_recognised_covid19_vaccines.pdf
(3) https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/th_TH/covid-19/hong-kong-travel-restrictions.html
(4)https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/hong-kong/entry-requirements
(5) https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/country/hong-kong/
(6) https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/pdf/list_of_recognised_covid19_vaccines.pdf