Visa requirements for citizens of Macau

Citizens of Macau can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Macau and 126 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

65 countries ask holders of the passport of Macau for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Macau without one: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bahamas and 60 others.

The reverse holds for 3 countries: holders of the passport of Macau get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Macau (China, Nepal and Sri Lanka).

35 countries ask holders of the passport of Macau for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 0 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Macau.

35 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Macau, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Macau, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Vietnam (6), China (5), Hong Kong (4) and Thailand (2).

The United States refused 13% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Macau in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 43 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 153 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the passport of Macau

By continent, the passport of Macau is visa-free in 44 countries in Europe, 20 countries in Asia, 15 countries in the Americas, 9 countries in Africa and 5 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for citizens of Macau are allowed in Dominica (180 days), Mexico (180 days), Fiji (120 days), Vanuatu (120 days), Andorra (90 days) and Albania (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Citizens of Macau can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, the Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan and 22 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how citizens of Macau enter Australia, the Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 27 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname and the United Kingdom ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

How the passport compares

Of the 198 passports in the data, 90 can enter visa-free, 101 get a visa on arrival and 7 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Macau.