Visa requirements to enter Macau. How to get a visa to enter Macau?

 

Getting into Macau is a very straightforward procces. It is possible to enter the country using the international airport, the ferry ports or the land crossing with Mainland China.

Citizens of 71 countries are exempted from a visa requirement. It is important to keep in mind that sometimes immigration agents can ask for an exit ticket when entering the country. As well if one is moving to another country from Macau where one will be a tourist an exit ticket from that country must be produced upon departure as well. The reservation has to be printed on paper and it is not acceptable in an electronic device.

For all the other countries the visa is granted on arrival. One has to go through an special window and buy the visa which costs 15 USD, it is valid for one month and it grants multiple entries.

Finally there are six countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam) that are required to have a visa before arriving to Macau. This visa can be obtained in any of the Chinese diplomatic missions abroad.

This is the list of the 71 countries that do not need visa to enter Macau (this list can change at anytime)

 

Andorra	Indonesia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Australia	Ireland	Norway
Austria	Israel	Philippines
Belgium	Italy	Poland
Brazil	Japan	Portugal
Canada	Kiribati	Romania
Chile	Latvia	Samoa
Croatia	Lebanon	Seychelles
Cyprus	Liechtenstein	Singapore
Czech	Lithuania	Slovak
Denmark	Luxembourg	Slovenia
Egypt	Macedonia	South Africa
Estonia	Malaysia	South Korea
Finland	Mali	Spain
France	Malta	Sweden
Germany	Mexico	Switzerland
Greece	Monaco	Tanzania
Hungary	Mongolia	Thailand
Iceland	Namibia	Turkey
India	Netherlands	United Kingdom
Cape Verde	New Zealand	Uruguay
Commonwealth of Dominica	Bulgaria	U.S.A.
San Marino	Montenegro	Brunei
Albania	Russia