Extend your limit of stay in Hong Kong
visitors and non-permanent residents
Visitors generally must leave before their limit of stay ends. If there is a special or urgent need, they can apply to extend, online when 14 days or fewer remain. Non-permanent residents apply within set windows before expiry. An application will not necessarily be approved, so a visitor without an approval must leave before the limit ends.
Moving to Hong Kong SAR China
Practical facts for newcomers, from official sources Finance Living
Finance
3
Currency
Hong Kong Dollar
HKD
Hong Kong Dollar
Cost of living
74
Price level · US = 100
World Bank price levels, 2025
Tax
2–17%
Income tax (national)
Salaries tax is the lower of progressive rates (2%-17%) on net chargeable income or the standard rate (15% on first HKD 5m of net income, 16% above).
Living
1
Happiness
#88 of 145 countries
World Happiness Report 2025
Eligibility
Who it’s for: Visitors, foreign domestic helpers, and non-permanent residents with employment, study, investment, talent or dependant status who need to stay beyond their limit of stay.
Visitors
Sign in to check this route against your profileYou need a special or urgent need, and you apply online when your remaining limit of stay is within 14 days.
Within 14 days
When to apply
- Each case is considered on its merits
Official wording
You must have a special or urgent need. Apply online when your remaining limit of stay is within 14 days. Each case is considered on its merits.
Online conditions for visitors
Sign in to check this route against your profileBe in Hong Kong when you submit and when you collect the e-Visa, with a limit of stay that has not expired.
- You must be in Hong Kong at submission and e-Visa collection
- If you cannot use the online service, you may go to the Extension Section
Official wording
You must be in Hong Kong when submitting and when collecting the e-Visa, and your limit of stay must not have expired. Those who cannot use the online service may go to the Extension Section.
Employment, investment and talent routes
Sign in to check this route against your profileIf admitted for employment, investment or under talent and entrant schemes, apply within 3 months before your stay expires.
Within 3 months
When to apply · before expiry
- Applies to their dependants too
Official wording
People admitted for employment, investment or under talent and entrant schemes, and their dependants, apply within 3 months before expiry.
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