Notice on Further Optimizing Visa Policies for Foreign Macao Residents to Travel to the Mainland

In order to further facilitate personnel exchanges between the Macao SAR and the Mainland, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Macao will provide more convenient visa policies for foreign Macao residents (including permanent residents and non-permanent residents) to travel to the Mainland from October 16, 2024. The specific arrangements are as follows:

1. Foreign Macao residents who travel to the Mainland for short-term tourism, trade, visiting relatives, visits and other activities may apply for multiple-entry visas with a validity period of 5 years and a stay period of no more than 180 days. 

2. Foreign Macao residents are exempted from submitting round-trip air tickets (train tickets, boat tickets) and hotel reservations when applying for visas to China.

3. Foreign Macao residents may enjoy the policy of "one-time collection and long-term exemption" of fingerprints. Applicants who have left fingerprints at Chinese overseas visa agencies will no longer need to have their fingerprints collected when applying for a visa at the Commissioner's Office.

The Commissioner's Office visa consultation hotline: +853-87915126 (answering time: 14:30-18:30 on working days); the Chinese Visa Application Center in Macao Tel: +853-87998117/8, E-mail: macaocenter@visaforchina.org.