A final check should confirm two document items: a valid travel document ready for arrivals immigration, and a boarding pass plus travel document ready before departure. If self check-in is being used, the traveller should also have an e-ticket number or booking reference available to retrieve the flight.
Which entry documents should be ready?
Hong Kong airport guidance for visitors identifies a valid travel document as the document to have ready at arrivals immigration. Its departure guidance also says to have the travel document ready alongside the boarding pass.
The cited guidance does not specify the accepted document type, validity period, or whether a particular traveller needs an additional entry document. Those points must still be confirmed for the traveller’s circumstances and route.
Which ticket details should be checked?
The airport’s self check-in guidance says that a flight can be retrieved by entering either:
- An e-ticket number; or
- A booking reference.
The available material does not give a required format, character count, or deadline for either detail. The boarding pass should also be ready before departure.
What should remain on the final checklist?
Before travel, the practical check is:
- Valid travel document ready for arrivals immigration.
- Boarding pass ready for departure.
- Travel document ready with the boarding pass.
- E-ticket number or booking reference available if self check-in will be used.
Any route-specific entry requirement or additional ticket detail not covered by these airport pages remains for the traveller to confirm separately.