What are the conditions for visiting relatives to travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao for multiple endorsements a year?

The application conditions for visiting relatives (T) visa are as follows:

Mainland residents can apply for travel permits to and from Hong Kong and Macao respectively according to their needs. Mainland residents who apply for travel permits and endorsements to and from Hong Kong and Macao at the same time, or apply for endorsements separately with valid travel permits to and from Hong Kong and Macao, must meet the corresponding conditions according to different reasons:

Visiting relatives who have settled, lived, studied or worked in Hong Kong or Macao for a long time; The applicant's spouse and children under the age of 18 can apply together.

"Relatives" refer to spouses, parents or parents of spouses, spouses, brothers and sisters, (foreign) grandparents and (foreign) grandchildren of children; "Accompanying application" refers to the application for visiting relatives with the same validity period and number of times as the main applicant.

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The application conditions for other types of endorsements are as follows:

1. Business: employees of enterprises and institutions and individual industrial and commercial households go to Hong Kong and Macao for business activities or drive special vehicles to and from Guangdong Province and Hong Kong or Macao.

2. Team Tour: Participate in a team tour to Hong Kong or Macao organized by a travel agency designated by the National Tourism Administration.

3. Individual travel: permanent residents of cities that provide individual travel services to Hong Kong and Macao, or non-resident residents who meet the requirements stipulated by the National Immigration Bureau, apply for individual travel to Hong Kong or Macao.

4. Stay: go to Hong Kong for employment, study, employment, residence and training with the approval of the relevant departments of Hong Kong, and go to Hong Kong as a dependant; Relatives of persons who go to Macao for employment, study and employment with the approval of relevant Macao authorities, and relatives of persons who go to Macao for residence with the approval of relevant Macao authorities.

5. Others: apply for going to Hong Kong or Macao for special reasons such as medical treatment, funeral treatment, visiting critically ill patients, litigation, examination, handling industry and academic exchanges; Apply for a stay in Hong Kong (Macau) with a stay endorsement.

Government Service Platform of National Immigration Bureau-Guide for Issuing Pass and Endorsement to and from Hong Kong and Macao