Posted by
WWcC
17 yrs ago
I and my husband have got a Permanent ID Card here in HK. My child is under 11 years and therefore just goes by our condition of stay. Is there any real point in processing an application for my child to 'take Hong Kong as his only place of residency'. In the future he/she may not want this? The only reason we need to take it is to make life easier to work - why would a minor want it??
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There's a big difference between making your child have a permanent residency ID card and making him choose Hong Kong as his "only" place of residency. The latter is his own decision to make but applying for a PR ID is something you can help him/her at age 11.
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WWcC
17 yrs ago
Punter thank you for your comment. However, when one completes the form '
Application for Verification for Eligibility for Permanent Identity Card' then they MUST also fill out the form 'Declaration of Having Taken Hong Kong as Only Place of Permanent Residence' (for persons not of Chinese Nationality resident in Hong Kong for not less than 7 years applying for the status of a permanent resident of the HKSAR). Can you fathom this then?
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SoIf you and your husband have got your PR, it makes sense to have your child get his PR as well I presume he's lived here for 7 years and so he's eligible for one. Once he gets a PR, you don't have to keep going and getting him his dependant visa extended every two years. Also bear in mind that he can only be your sponsor if he's under 18 years of age. It's far better to get one now for the child and if when he grows up he decides he wants to live elsewhere, that's not a problem. It's not as if he's given up citizenship. So many people who are eligible for PR don't apply for it, leave HK, then return and find out they have to do the whole 7 years' residence again.
Regarding the form, I'm not sure what your question is. As the child is only 11 years old, you have to sign it anyway as his guardian.
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To get PR you must prove that you have taken HK as your place of residence for 7 continuous years. This is what you and your husband have obviously been through. Simple to do it for your child as well. Doing it now means when they turn 18 they are eligible to live and work, study how and where they want. PR does not confer any nationality so should not be an issue. The only stipulation to maintain PR if you leave HK is to return once every 36 months to maintain PR, however if you have had PR then you will always have RTL in HK meaning you can still live and work regardless of how long you have spent out of HK.
I'm not quite sure what your concerns are for getting PR for your child.
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WWcC
17 yrs ago
Shoegirl, as you did not read my post correctly, your reply is irrelevant and therefore you won't understand my question!
My child (a baby) is entitled to have the same status as its parents. We have permanent residency, therefore technically the child also has PR (fyi, it is registered and born in HK, although i know this alone does not give the baby any legal rights). So my question is: Why would one bother making the application when the child already has PR through its parents? So long as the parents remain PR, the child will always have it.
Whilst making the application, one must submit a form 'agreeing to take HK as its 'only' place of residence. My point here is why do this, the child may want some other country to be its place of residence in time e.g Cayman Islands where it does not have to pay taxes etc. So in effect is it not best left just as the baby's residency stands as a 'dependent; - if not why not?
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When someone takes/makes an oath to become a US citizen, does that mean he can't change his mind later on? Same question then, if your son doesn't want to make Hong Kong his permanent place of residence later on, can't he change his mind?
There was another thread before in this forum regarding the advantages of having a HK PR ID card. I'm sure you can dig it up.
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WWcC, signing this as only place of residence will not prevent your child taking up residency elsewhere in the future and taking advantage of tax situations AND still remaining a PR. This is not the US. You can take PR here and then leave and be resident elsewhere. There are no tax implications doing this and PR does not confer nationality. In fact nationals of most Euro countries can leave and reside elsewhere and not be subject to tax (apart from income derived in their own country).
punter - someone becoming a US citizen is completely different. That is taking on a nationality and the huge worldwide tax burden that goes with it. PR is just PR, you are not becoming a Chinese citizen. Even if you were you could still go and be resident elsewhere.
It's a worry over nothing!
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WWcC, sorry if I misunderstood your question. But just so you know: you may be a permanent resident, your wife may be a permanent resident, your child may have been born in HKG, but if you do not apply for your child to become a permanent resident when he's eligible to become one, he will not automatically be a permanent resident.
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WWcC
17 yrs ago
Great, i believe my questions were answered on the above post. Thanks for all your advice.
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