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The Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. After the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty of the territory in July 1997, Hong Kong's immigration system remained largely unchanged from its British predecessor model. Residents from mainland China do not have the right ...
The visa policy of Hong Kong deals with the requirements in which a foreign national wishing to enter Hong Kong through one of the 15 immigration control points must meet to obtain an entry permit (permit to enter) or Visa, which depending on the traveller's nationality, may be required to travel to, enter, and remain in the Hong Kong Special ...
However, though the People's Republic of China is a signatory to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, since the Handover in 1997, Hong Kong has not incorporated the convention into its legislation, and so Hong Kong's immigration system does not recognise refugees. Similarly, both the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong ...
The Immigration Department in Hong Kong detains around 10,000 migrants annually for immigration control and other reasons as stipulated in the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115). In Hong Kong, immigration detention is a form of administrative detention; the decision to deprive an individual of liberty is made by government officials, not courts.
The Hong Kong identity card (officially HKIC, [2] [3] commonly HKID) is an official identity document issued by the Immigration Department of Hong Kong. According to the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177), all residents of age 11 or above who are living in Hong Kong for longer than 180 days must, within 30 days of either reaching the age of 11 or arriving in Hong Kong, register for ...
Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry: Dong Sun. Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology: Lillian Cheong. Permanent Secretary for the Innovation and Technology: Annie Choi. Innovation and Technology Commission. Digital Policy Office. Office of the Government Chief Information Officer.
Exit endorsements are located on the back of the Biometric Two-way Permits. The Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau (Chinese: 往来港澳通行证), colloquially known as a Two-way Permit (Chinese: 双程证) or EEP (Exit-Entry Permit) is issued to Chinese nationals with residency in Mainland China as a travel document for the sole purpose to travel the Chinese ...
The official figure provided by the Hong Kong Immigration Department of countries and territories granting visa-free access to Hong Kong SAR passport holders was 171 as of 7 December 2023. (However, this figure excludes countries and territories which are not officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, such as Kosovo and Taiwan so ...