HK Passport
Hi
I was born in the UK and have a UK Passport. I moved over here last year and am also a HK permanent resident (My parents are from HK originally)
I have a question and would be very greatful for anyone who will be able to advise me on this or has experience in this field.
I would like to apply for a HK Passport. But someone said to me in order to do this, I am required to give up my UK passport. Is this true?
Many thanks
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cd
16 yrs ago
if you are a non ethnic chinese then you are required to give up your uk passport, (or any other nationality passport). this is even if you're born here, as told to someone i know who applied recently.
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Oh so I am not allowed to hold two passports? I have heard that some people have 2 passports, for two different countries.... HKSAR does not allow this?
I would ideally prefer to keep my UK Passport. My parents are both Permanent residents of HKSAR and have a China 'return home residency' card, I would also love to have that but when I applied a few years ago they said I needed a HKSAR passport.
Anyone with experience on this, would greatly appreciate your advice.
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OK if you are born here and are of Chinese descent with PR and ROA then it would not matter what other passport you have you will still be entitled to HKSAR passport.
If not it can be a lot different. Chinese nationality is determined as thus:
Persons who have Chinese nationality under the CNL include Hong Kong residents and former residents who are of Chinese descent and born in the Mainland of China or Hong Kong, notwithstanding that they hold, or have held Hong Kong British Dependent Territories Citizen passports, British National (Overseas) passports; or (subject to Part 6 below) any other foreign passports.
So you have PR as you parents were PR but it seems not the Chinese nationality to enable you to apply for a HKSAR passport. So to do this you would have to naturalise as a Chinese national and this would mean renouncing your British citizenship. It seems a lot to do just to get a Return Home Permit - and - and I think a big AND once you have that HKSAR passport and RHP then regardless of any other nationality you have no consular protection at all in China. And in this regard the HK government is next to useless - HK residents in China are left to their own devices!
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I'll go ahead and ask: How the heck do they define "Chinese descent"?
"Oh so I am not allowed to hold two passports? I have heard that some people have 2 passports, for two different countries.... HKSAR does not allow this?"
Some countries do allow it. For example my kids have two nationalities (one by birth and one by descent). Take the USA, which allows an other nationality (or several for that matter). Their view is that they don't care as long as you fulfill your responsibilities towards the USA.
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Hello JosephineUK,
Your case is very similar to my son who was borned in USA, he was borned in US with US passport (he's now 26), he now has HK Permanent ID card, China return home card" and two weeks ago we visited immigration office and applied for HKSAR passport for him. Before the application, I had personally talked with an officer in the immigration office and then called another immigration office to confirm that my son is qualified. Bascially, the officers told me that they don't really care whether he hold any foreign passport as long as he acknowledges he is a "Chinese citizen" in the application form and also answer "Yes" to this question during the interview - this is the KEY!
If you want more info, drop me a PM. Best of Luck!
Ed
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cd
16 yrs ago
of chinese descent, means chinese ethinicity.
this person i know was told only last week after applying for his son (who was born here, but non chinese), that he would have to give up his other passport.
not sure i would go by what someone says on the phone. we applied for something a few years ago, that we had been told in person and on the phone by several people that we were entitled to, only to find out after having the application rejected that we were'nt.
sorry for lacvk of capitals by the way, button has broken...
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As I said, the key is for the applicant to acknowledge he/she is an "Chinese Citizen". The questions asked by the officers previously were similar to the questions during the application interview, the officer even asked our son if he hold an US passport which he did acknowledged having. BTW my wife had tried twice previous years in applying the HKSAR passport for our son and were rejected both times, the only difference this time around was how he answered the key question in the application letter and also during the interview.
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"of chinese descent, means chinese ethinicity."
Ok, and how do you define that? Is there some sort of DNA test? Am I the only one finding the concept a bit absurd?
If nothing else, plenty of people whose ancestors have lived in the PRC for generations don't have the least bit of "Chinese" ethnicity. How are those seen in this respect?
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