What's the difference between "Hong Kong and Macao Pass" and "Business Visa"?

The differences between Hong Kong and Macao Pass and Business Visa are as follows:

1, different concepts.

Hong Kong and Macao Pass shall be issued by mainland residents who go to Taiwan Province Province to settle down, visit relatives or participate in economic, scientific, technological, cultural, educational and academic activities, and apply to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the city or county where the household registration is located.

Business visa means that business visitors to the destination country can only stay in the country for a short time after applying for a business visa, and visitors should leave the country within a fixed period of time.

2. Different distribution locations

Hong Kong and Macao Pass is a travel document issued by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security to mainland residents in China for private travel, visiting relatives, engaging in business, training, employment, study abroad and other non-official activities;

A business visa is a field trip or negotiation for the relevant personnel to the destination country for business or personal reasons to engage in investment, trade, conferences, exhibitions and labor services. Such people need a business visit visa when they enter the destination country.

3. Different requirements

Hong Kong and Macao Pass Mainland residents who wish to settle in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions shall apply to the municipal or county public security exit-entry administration department where their household registration is located. Go to Hong Kong and Macao with the pass issued by the exit-entry administration department of public security.

Holders who settle in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must leave the country at Luohu Port, Shenzhen Bay Port, Shekou Wharf Port (by boat) and Futian Port; If the holder wants to settle in the Macao Special Administrative Region, he must leave the country from Gongbei Port in Zhuhai.

Business visa: Some national immigration offices require visitors to their own countries to be in good health, have no criminal record and will not pose a threat to their national security.

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