Hong Kong | Immigration fees increasing as of Sept. 8

The Immigration Department announced that certain immigration service fees will increase by up to 51% starting Sept. 8, 2025.

Key Points:

• Impacted services include the issuing of visas and entry permits and dispatch services for delivering travel documents outside of Hong Kong.
• The impacted service fees will see a range of 3% to 51% increases.
• The fee increases will go into effect Sept. 8, 2025.
• The full list of impacted services and fee changes can be viewed here.

Additional Information: A government spokesperson shared that immigration service fees are set to recover the cost of providing goods and services and that the current fees are not adequate for full cost recovery.

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