Sha Tau Kok control point: border waiting time

The Immigration Department’s current passenger queue status at the Sha Tau Kok control point, for residents and visitors in each direction.

Read from the Immigration Department at 04:55 Hong Kong time.

Passenger queues at Sha Tau Kok
PassengersArriving in Hong KongDeparting Hong Kong
Hong Kong residentsClosed (non-service hours)Closed (non-service hours)
VisitorsClosed (non-service hours)Closed (non-service hours)

The Immigration Department publishes passenger queues only. There is no vehicle-queue data in the feed, so this page cannot tell you how long cars, coaches or lorries are waiting.

What each status means

Immigration Department definitions
StatusResidentsVisitors
NormalGenerally less than 15 minutesGenerally less than 30 minutes
BusyGenerally less than 30 minutesGenerally less than 45 minutes
Very busyGenerally 30 minutes or aboveGenerally 45 minutes or above
Under maintenanceThe department’s system is under maintenance; no status is givenSame
ClosedOutside the control point’s service hoursSame

The department publishes a status, not a number of minutes: the ranges above are its own description of each status, and it refreshes the feed about every 15 minutes.

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Sources: Transport Department (road speeds, journey-time indicators, special traffic news) and Immigration Department (control point waiting time), via data.gov.hk
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