There is a difference between a Hong Kong team visa and an individual visa.

? The Beijing Border Police hereby reminds the public that before going to Hong Kong, it is necessary to make clear the travel mode, scope of use and matters needing attention of the endorsement in Hong Kong. If you apply for a group endorsement, you must join a tour group organized by a qualified travel agency and leave the country with the tour leader. ? 1. What's the difference between a team visa and an individual visa in Hong Kong? According to the different purposes of mainland residents going to Hong Kong and Macao, there are several kinds of endorsements, among which G and L are tourist endorsements. ? These two types of regulations are different. With the tourist endorsement marked with the word G, passengers can travel to Hong Kong and Macao individually, which is also commonly known as? Free travel? . ? And the endorsement is marked with an L-shaped tourist endorsement? Traveling with a group? Passengers can only participate in tour groups organized by travel agencies to Hong Kong and Macao. ? Therefore, when entering or leaving the country, you must follow the arrangement of the travel agency and go in and out with the group under the guidance of the tour guide. The tour guide must show the tour guide card and the list of mainland residents' travel teams to Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions issued by the tour group agency. ? ? ? 2.49 Can provinces and cities apply for individual tourist visas in Hong Kong? At present, only residents of 49 cities in the mainland can apply for G visa, while residents of other regions can only apply for L visa. Visitors who apply for L endorsement can only sign up for a tour group organized by a travel agency with Hong Kong and Macao tourism qualifications to travel to Hong Kong. Besides, what does the endorsement refer to? Group? It is not a group organized by relatives and friends as we usually understand, but a group list in quadruplicate issued by a travel agency with the right to organize Hong Kong and Macao tours. There is no limit to the number of people on the list. The same is true for traveling to Macao. ? List of 49 provinces and cities:? Approved by the State Council, by the end of 2007, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing (limited to Yuzhong District, Jiangbei District, Nan 'an District, Shapingba District, Jiulongpo District, dadukou district, Beibei District, Yubei District, Banan District, Wanzhou District, Fuling District, Changshou District, Jiangjin City, Yongchuan City and Hechuan City), Guangdong Province and Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Hangzhou, Ningbo and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, Shenyang and Dalian in Liaoning Province, Jinan in Shandong Province, Chengdu in Sichuan Province, Nanchang in Jiangxi Province, Changsha in Hunan Province, Nanning in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Haikou in Hainan Province, Guiyang in Guizhou Province, Kunming in Yunnan Province, Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province, Changchun in Jilin Province, Hefei in Anhui Province, Zhengzhou in Henan Province and Wuhan in Hubei Province.