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PRC ordinary passport holders are in Brunei MFA Category D3: visa-free for up to 14 days.
Passport should generally be valid for at least 6 months. The waiver covers short social/tourist visits; Brunei MFA Category D pages state that business visits require a Business Visit Visa.
Based on passport-specific data. · as of 2026-06-18
Official source ↗Documents that change the outcome
- Visa-free· apec_abtc · 90 days
Business travel only. The APEC Business Travel Card must show Brunei code BRN on the back or in the virtual card and be used with the linked passport. U.S. and Canadian ABTC holders are transitional-member cardholders and generally receive facilitation only, not extra visa-free entry privileges.
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Regional stay rules
ASEAN is not a Schengen-style common travel area and has no ASEAN-wide cumulative stay rule. The shared ASEAN-level rule is mutual visa exemption for nationals of member states holding valid national passports for social visits, with the ASEAN framework text setting visits not exceeding 14 days; individual member states may grant longer stays or impose national/bilateral conditions.
Common questions
For a short tourist/social visit, normally no Brunei visa is needed because the PRC ordinary passport itself is in Brunei Category D3, visa-free up to 14 days; the U.S. visa is not the basis for that result. Business visits follow Brunei’s Business Visit Visa rules.
Yes. Brunei MFA lists the United Kingdom in Category D1, visa-free for up to 90 days; the Timatic/Wikipedia summary notes it is limited to British citizens and British subjects with right of abode in the UK.
Under Brunei MFA Category D1, short social/tourist visits are visa-free for up to 90 days.
Yes, for eligible business travel: the card must show Brunei code BRN and be used with the linked passport, allowing visa-free business trips up to 90 days. U.S. and Canadian ABTC holders generally do not receive additional visa-free privileges from the card.
Verify with official sources
Visa policy changes without notice and this page is reference information that may contain errors. Before travel, verify via the official sources below or contact the destination country's embassy / consulate / immigration authority directly; final admission is at the destination government's discretion.