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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, PRAGUE, BUDAPEST,
BUDAPEST, WARSAW
W 241,
VISA POLICY FOR NATIONALS OF EAST EUROPEAN AND OTHER STATES
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1. WE HAVE RECENTLY CARRIED OUT A FURTHER REVIEW OF OUR VISA POLICY FOR VISITORS REPEAT VISITORS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, POLAND, USSR, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, BULGARIA, MONGOLIA, ROMANIA, VIETNAM, CUBA, NORTH KOREA, CAMBODIA AND LAOS.
2. WE HAVE DECIDED THAT:
(A) THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD SEEK VISA WAIVER
ARRANGEMENTS, ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS, WITH HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND POLAND FOR VISITS ONLY:
(B) SECURITY CHECKING OF VISITORS FROM THE COUNTRIES MENTIONED IN SUB-PARA (A) SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED:
(C) EXISTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH VISITS MAY BE
MADE BY NATIONALS OF THE USSR, MONGOLIA, ROMANIA, BULGARIA. AFGHANISTAN AND VIETNAM SHOULD BE REMOVED:
(D) VISITOR FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES MENTIONED IN SUB-PARA (C), EXCEPT FOR VIETNAM AND MONGOLIA, SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECTED TO FULL SECURITY CHECKING BY OVERSEAS LIAISON SERVICES:
(E) OVERSEAS SECURITY CHECKING OF VISITORS FROM VIETNAM, MONGOLIA, LAOS AND CAMBODIA SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED, BUT LOCAL CHECKS SHOULD CONTINUE:
(F) POLICY ON NORTH KOREA, CUBA, ALBANIA, LAOS AND CAMBODIA SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED EXCEPT AS REGARDS SECURITY CHECKS FOR THE
LAST TWO OF THESE COUNTRIES:
(G) THE DURATION OF VISIT FOR ALL PERMITTED CATEGORIES ABOVE WITH OR WITHOUT VISAS SHOULD BE 7 DAYS INITIALLY WITH FURTHER 7 DAY EXTENSIONS UP TO ONE MONTH:
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