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To: TobagoJack who wrote (1368)10/22/2005 3:13:02 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217948
 
Brazil grants visa-free access to HKSAR passport holders. Now you have no reason why not to come and see what a real country looks like :-)
Just don't show Coconut's Canadian passport, show HK one. Canadians need a visa.

www.chinaview.cn 2005-10-21 01:58:51

HONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday signed an agreement with the Brazilian government on abolition of visa requirements.

Director of Immigration, Lai Tung-kwok, on behalf of the HKSAR government, signed the agreement with Manoel Gomes Pereira, head of Department of Brazilian Overseas Communities, Ministry of External Relations of Brazil in Brasilia.

"The agreement provides visa-free access to HKSAR passport holders visiting Brazil for a stay of up to 90 days, and Brazilian nationals will enjoy 90 days' visa-free access to Hong Kong," a spokesman for the Hong Kong Immigration Department said.

The agreement will enter into force after completion of the internal procedures required.

"We warmly welcome the signing of the agreement, which helps promote trade, business and tourism links between Hong Kong and Brazil," the spokesman said.

The availability of visa-free access to Brazil has brought the total number of countries/territories granting visa-free access toHKSAR passport holders to 135.