Does a Nepali need a transit visa for a technical stop in Hong Kong?

1/11/2017 10:59:31 PM

According to Timatic, the database used by airlines:

  • Visa required, except for Passengers with a Hong Kong (SAR
    China) Permanent Identity Card.

and

  • Visa required, except for Passengers with a travel document
    issued by Hong Kong (SAR China) with “Holder’s eligibility for
    Hong Kong (SAR China) Permanent Identity Card verified .

None of the exceptions apply to you, as such you need a visa.

1/7/2017 2:25:03 AM

I suspect that you do need a transit visa. First of all, your travel agent is incorrect that “no passengers will be getting off”; it is possible to book travel on flight SQ1 from SFO to HKG only, with HKG as your final destination. You can try it out on the Singapore Airlines website. So this isn’t a true technical stop.

There will likely be people getting off at HKG. And unless the airline has some very special procedures, it would probably be possible for you to get off too, whether or not you are supposed to. As such, it makes sense that you would have to have an airside transit visa.

To be certain, you should call the airline and ask.

Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

About me

Hello,My name is Aparna Patel,I’m a Travel Blogger and Photographer who travel the world full-time with my hubby.I like to share my travel experience.

Search Posts

Latest posts

Popular posts