immigration rules for hong kong

Question

I am planning to travel to Shanghai from India via Hong Kong. My question is where do I have to go through the immigration process, in Hong Kong or Shanghai itself? I am trying to determine how much layover time should I consider safe in Hong Kong.

Samuels · Answer

If you have valid pre-arrival registration to HK, you can stay in Hk for less than 14 days without visa. If you don't have the HK pre-arrival registration, you will be fine if you don't leave the transit area to enter HK for sightseeing during the layover time. I suppose that you may need to go through both the immigration process in HK and Shanghai.

John Doe · Answer

There's no need (and you can't) go through immigration in HK without a valid pre-arrival registration confirmation. If you attempt to do so you'll be in serious trouble. Just follow the transit sign.

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Immigration Rules for Hong Kong