Conditions for applying for Hong Kong and Macao passes

According to Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the "Regulations on the Acceptance, Approval, Issuance and Management of Permits and Endorsements for Traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao": Mainland residents applying for permits and endorsements for traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao must meet one of the following conditions:

Visit relatives who have settled, studied or worked in Hong Kong or Macau. "Relatives" means: spouse, parents or spouse's parents, children, brothers and sisters. The applicant’s spouse and minor children under the age of 16 can apply together.

2. Business.

(1) The "unit" that is dispatched by the unit to do business in Hong Kong or Macao refers to: an enterprise and its branches that are registered with the national industrial and commercial administration department and have independent legal person status, or have been registered with the national taxation department Tax-registered units with production and operations as well as permanent representative offices of overseas enterprises in the mainland. To apply for a three-month or one-year multiple business visa, the unit where you work must register with the local exit and entry administration department of the public security bureau in advance.

(2) Individual industrial and commercial operators go to Hong Kong or Macau for business.

(3) Personnel who drive special vehicles between the Mainland and Hong Kong or Macau.

3. Team travel.

Join a group organized by a travel agency designated by the China National Tourism Administration to travel to Hong Kong or Macau.

4. Personal travel.

Upon approval, permanent resident individuals can travel to Hong Kong or Macau.

5. Others.

(1) Apply to go to Hong Kong or Macau for special reasons such as medical treatment, funeral, litigation, examination, handling of industry, academic exchanges, etc.

(2) Mainland residents studying and working in Macao apply to go to Hong Kong.

6. Stay.

Persons and their relatives who are studying, employed, or training in Hong Kong or Macao approved by the relevant departments of Hong Kong or Macao.