Visa Requirements For Persons Holding Certain Kinds of Travel Documents
The above visa waivers apply only to citizens of the countries in question travelling on standard national passports. Persons using other kinds of travel documents, in particular those which are issued to non-citizens (especially under "investor passport" programmes) or which are issued as emergency travel documents in case of the loss of a passport, are required to obtain visas. The Hong Kong Immigration Department specifically lists the following kinds of travel documents as not entitling their holders to enjoy visa-free access, notwithstanding that they are issued by countries whose citizens normally enjoy visa-free access:
- Albania (only with non-biometric passport)
- Costa Rica (Costa Rican provisional passports and "Documento de Identidad Y Viaje")
- Peru (for special Peruvian passports)
- Tonga (for Tongan National and Tongan Protected Persons passports)
- Tuvalu (if nationality is stated is I-Tuvalu)
- Uruguay (passports issued under Decree 289/90)
In addition all holders of stateless persons' travel documents are also required to obtain visas.
Read more about this topic: Visa Policy Of Hong Kong, Visitors' Visas and Visa Exemptions
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