Cameroon → Macao: Short-stay tourist

Macao's immigration authority may collect fingerprints, palm prints, iris or retina patterns and facial features to confirm your identity. Applying for a visa or an Authorization to Enter and Stay counts as agreeing to that, and the page says a visitor who objects may be refused entry and an application may be rejected.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

For Prior Authorization to Enter the page asks for 2 recent 1.5-inch photos, full-face, no hat, white background, coloured or black-and-white. For the Chinese embassy or consulate route the mission's own requirements prevail, and its page lists no photo specification.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Authorization to Enter and Stay, Application (last modified 2026-02-11)

Your passport must be valid for at least 90 days beyond the period you intend to stay in Macao. A permitted stay also can't run past 90 days before your passport expires.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

The fee is charged per passport: MOP200 for a single-entry authorization or MOP300 for multiple entries for an individual; MOP400 or MOP600 for a family passport; MOP100 or MOP150 for a child under 12; and MOP100 or MOP150 each for groups of at least 10 people organized by one travel manager with a collective travel document. Multiple-entry authorization lets you enter and leave Macao several times within the stay granted (up to 30 days) without paying again. The Chinese embassy or consulate route has its own fees (see below).

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

You must be able to prove you have at least MOP5,000 if you plan to stay up to 7 days, MOP10,000 for more than 7 and up to 14 days, MOP15,000 for more than 14 and up to 21 days, and MOP20,000 for more than 21 days. The page also says people who cannot show proper means of subsistence or the means to buy a return ticket can be refused entry. It does not say which documents count as proof at the border, so carry bank statements, cards or cash.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

You are asked to state your purpose of entering and staying in Macao truthfully. If you are found doing something clearly different from that purpose, your authorization to stay can be revoked, you can be ordered to leave, and you are barred from entering for three months and may be banned for longer.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR: Application for Macao Visa through Diplomatic Missions of the People's Republic of China (the page shows no date)

If you have not applied in advance, you can apply for Authorization to Enter and Stay at the Visa Room of any border checkpoint when you arrive in Macao. If approved you are granted a stay of up to 30 days. The page does not list documents to bring for this application beyond the general entry conditions in the lines below, so the exact papers are a gap to confirm with the Public Security Police Force before you travel (Residence and Stay Affairs Department, tel. +853 2872 5488, sminfo@fsm.gov.mo).

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

Macao's immigration authority exempts holders of a Mainland China passport and Hong Kong ID card holders from a visa or entry permit, but the document you hold decides how long you can stay. The page gives holders of a Mainland China passport or travel document, and of a Hong Kong SAR passport, a stay of up to 7 days for transit, with a flight ticket and an entry visa for another country. Holders of a "Two-way Exit Permit" issued by the Mainland authorities with a valid "Exit Endorsement to Macao" may stay for the period on the endorsement, up to 90 days. Holders of a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card or Re-entry Permit are exempt and may stay up to 1 year. How to get the Mainland permit and endorsement is not covered on Macao's pages.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

Since 1 July 2010 these six nationalities must apply for a Macao visa in advance through a Chinese embassy, consulate or other office accredited by China's foreign ministry. They cannot ask for the visa-upon-arrival Entry Permit at the checkpoint. Vietnamese applicants must also submit their Vietnamese identity card and a proof of address or household registry document with the application.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR: Application for Macao Visa through Diplomatic Missions of the People's Republic of China (the page shows no date)

The stay you are granted is the limit. Overstaying is fined MOP500 to MOP800 for each day over, up to MOP15,000, payable within 10 working days. An overstay of no more than 30 days can be put in order if you give yourself up to the police, or pay straight away after being discovered, and have not been fined for the same offence in the past year. Otherwise you will be deported and barred from entering, and you cannot apply for residence or a special authorization to stay for 2 years after the ban ends.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

You can apply for a Macao visa in advance through a Chinese diplomatic mission or other office accredited by China's foreign ministry. The requirements of that mission prevail over Macao's list. Macao's page (which shows no date, so check current figures with the mission) gives a regular fee of USD30 plus USD15 per accompanying child, plus a USD20 fee for relaying the application to the Public Security Police Force, and an express fee if you ask for one. Collection is expected on the 4th working day for applications that need no relay; applications that go to Macao's police are usually vetted in about 7 working days once the papers are complete. Visa types: single entry within 3 months or 2 entries within 3 months (14 days of stay), multiple entries within 6 months (14 days of stay), or multiple entries within 1 or 2 years (30 days of stay).

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR: Application for Macao Visa through Diplomatic Missions of the People's Republic of China (the page shows no date)

This checklist is for passports that are not on Macao's visa-exempt list. You need permission to enter before the border officer admits you, and Macao's immigration authority gives three ways to get it: (1) ask for an Entry Permit, also called visa-upon-arrival, at the Visa Room of the border checkpoint when you arrive (it grants a stay of up to 30 days); (2) have an agent apply in advance to the Public Security Police Force for Prior Authorization to Enter; or (3) apply in advance for a Macao visa through a Chinese embassy, consulate or other office accredited by China's foreign ministry. Passports from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are the exception: see the next line.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

If you are not visa-exempt and don't want to apply at the checkpoint, you can ask a legal agent to apply for Prior Authorization to Enter at the Stay Subdivision of the Residence and Stay Affairs Department (Immigration Building, Travessa Um do Cais de Pac On, Taipa; Mon to Thu 9:00 to 17:45, Fri 9:00 to 17:30). The page says this is for people who have no Chinese diplomatic mission or accredited office where they live. The agent must bring a certified letter of authorization and a copy of their own valid ID. Processing is 15 working days from when all documents are properly submitted (it varies case by case), the result is collected in person, and an authorization granted must be used within 120 days. The fee is the same as the Entry Permit.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Authorization to Enter and Stay, Application (last modified 2026-02-11)

The Public Security Police Force's page says that from 29 January 2019, someone from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Vietnam can authorize an agent to apply for Prior Authorization to Enter only if either (a) you are in Mainland China, or there is no Chinese diplomatic mission or accredited office where you live, or (b) you have a spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or a spouse's parent or sibling (the page's list includes in-law relatives) who works or lives in Macao, with proof of the relationship that meets Macao's legal requirements for documents issued outside Macao. The signature on the letter of authorization has to be authenticated by the authorities of the country you are staying in.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Authorization to Enter and Stay (last modified 2026-05-13)

Visitors must hold a valid onward or return ticket, unless they can prove they live in Mainland China or in Hong Kong. That exception does not apply to Mainland China or Hong Kong SAR passport holders who are only transiting Macao to another country or region.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Immigration Clearance of Non-residents of Macao (last modified 2026-08-10)

For individual travel, a family visit and similar purposes the page lists: a completed application form (format 1, plus format 8 if family members are included); a copy of the bio data page and the used inside pages of your valid passport or travel document; a document showing your financial status (for example a bank statement, savings account book, tax receipt or employment certificate); a document showing transportation to Macao and where you will stay (for example a round-trip air ticket and hotel reservation receipts); proof of the purpose of your visit (for example a relative's Macao residence or ID document and proof of kinship); the bio data page of any travel document you used to enter Macao before; and any valid entry visa or residence permit for other countries. The office can ask for other information in special circumstances. Group tours have their own list (a guarantee and traveler list from the travel agency, details of the local agency, and each traveler's passport copy).

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR, via the Macao SAR Government Portal: Authorization to Enter and Stay, Application (last modified 2026-02-11)

Macao's page lists: a completed Visa Application Form; a copy of the bio data page and used inside pages of your valid passport; proof of financial status (for example a recent bank statement or savings account deposits); proof of transportation and accommodation (for example round-trip flight bookings and hotel reservations); proof of the purpose of your visit (for example a relative's Macao residence status or ID card and proof of kinship); a copy of the pages of any travel document used to travel to Macao before; and a copy of any valid entry or residence visa for other countries. The mission can also ask for more or different documents.

Source: Public Security Police Force of the Macao SAR: Application for Macao Visa through Diplomatic Missions of the People's Republic of China (the page shows no date)