Non-stamping immigration clearance policy will be effective from 10th July, 2013. Travelers with visiting permits and passports will receive a printed arrival card at all border checkpoints of Macao instead of a stamp on the travel documents. There will also be no stamping upon departure.

The arrival card will be the same as that currently issued to Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card holders and mainlanders with Exit-entry Permit for Travelling To and From Hong Kong and Macao. It bears the name of the visitor, travel document number, arrival date, limit of stay in Macao as well as a 2-dimensional security label. Visitors are required to keep the card during their stay in Macao and be mindful of their stay limit. Under normal circumstances, the loss of the card will not affect the visitor’s departure clearance formalities. For free replacement of the card, visitors may approach in person any one of the immigration checkpoints or the Investigation Subdivision on 1st Floor of Immigration Department Building in Travessa Um do Cais de Pac On, Taipa.

With the implementation of non-stamping policy, the process of immigration clearance will be simplified, inspection accuracy be increased and immigration clearance time be shortened, therefore improving the efficiency of clearance formalities in all border checkpoints.