Posted by
RachRobin
18 yrs ago
We are having our baby in HK in July. We are Australian / NZ citizens with HK ID cards, allowed to work and reside here.
How does it work for our baby? Will they automatically be a HK citizen? If we want to visit Aust/NZ, how does the whole passport thing work? How soon after the birth can we travel internationally?
If one day we return to Australia, will we need to apply for Australian citizenship for our child?
Any advice appreciated!!
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No they will not be automatically HK PR as neither of you are PR. You will be able to register with either NZ or Aus consulate for passports, etc. Citizenship should be a given by parents citizenship. Best wait for a few months before traveling internationally with a baby.
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Oski
18 yrs ago
1) If one of you is ethnic Chinese, your baby is PR the instant he is born. The parents do not have to be PR for the baby to receive PR status.
If not, your baby will have Right of Abode in HK as soon as one of you becomes PR (after 7 years of stay.)
2) in order to get HK SAR passport, one of you (parents) must be ethnic Chinese. If this is the case you can get a SAR passport for the baby at anytime after getting the birth certificate, but you need to take the baby with you to the passport office.
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Thankyou both very much for clarifying the issue.
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