Nationals of Eswatini will not be permitted to journey visa-free to Hong Kong, with the choice turning into efficient on January 30, 2024.

In response to a press launch by the Authorities of Hong Kong, nationals of the Kingdom of Eswatini, together with those that stay on the airside in transit, should have a visa to enter the nation, with the measure being relevant to visits for any goal, VisaGuide.World studies.

Previous to this announcement, Eswatini nationals had been allowed to go to the Asian nation for a interval of as much as 90 days with out having to use for a visa previous to their journey.

Hong Kong has all alongside adopted an open visa coverage, beneath which nationals of about 170 international locations and territories could go to Hong Kong visa-free for durations starting from seven to 180 days. With a view to making sure a correct steadiness between facilitating the entry of real guests and the necessity to safeguard the integrity of immigration management, the visa coverage is topic to fixed evaluation and modifications can be launched if circumstances so warrant. 

Equally, passport holders of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR) are required to current a visa to go to the Kingdom of Eswatini, which is a landlocked nation in South Africa.

In response to the Passport Index by VisaGuide.World, Eswatini passport is ranked 128th internationally and its holders can journey visa-free to 46 international locations. As well as, Eswataini passport holders have a visa-on-arrival settlement with 25 international locations and eVisa with 12. Though the passport is just not banned by any nation, nor does it supply passport-free entry to any nation.

Eswatini’s passport can additional drop in rankings, contemplating the choice of the Hong Kong authorities, which was introduced on January 30, 2024.

Alternatively, Hong Kong has a means stronger passport, which ranks forty fourth on this planet and permits visa-free journey to 135 international locations.

With a passport rating of 83.89 factors, Hong Kong passport holders can journey with an Digital Journey Authorization (eTA) to 5 international locations and journey with a visa-on-arrival or e-visa to 29 and 19 international locations, respectively. Nonetheless, these passport holders have to use for a visa to journey to 38 international locations.

Hong Kong passport has primarily saved this place all through 2023, beginning with forty second place in January of 2023, sustaining the identical place in June 2023, and dropping to forty fifth place in August of the identical 12 months.