Posted by
rharris45
14 yrs ago
My girlfriend is a German national who is due to have a child in November in HK. We both currently have visitor visas. Will our child be a HK citizen? Are either of us entitled to a visa based upon the child?
I am searching for work so a visa for me is not as important as one for her. Plus I'll be a bit more mobile in the months to come.
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Check out this link:
http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/bdmreg/birth/birthreg/regbirth.htm
Your child will be a HK citizen but you and the mother will not. you and mother would have to go through other immigration procedures. ie. working visa or other legal avenues.
You say searching for work, do you have a valid working visa?
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Under the immigration laws of Hong Kong, your child will have no right to be a citizen of Hong Kong merely because he was born in Hong Kong.
You will not be entitled to a visa based upon the birth of the child here.
Visitors are not allowed to take up employment in Hong Kong, you must apply for an employment visa to work.
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Currently I have been excepted for a position and am waiting for confirmation of a Work Visa. My understanding is that upon confirmation and application, my child will be a dependent. Will my girlfriend also be applicable as a dependent so as not to break the family apart? Alternatively is there the possibility of common law marriage in HK? I can prove that we have been together for over 2 years
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I believe that there is no recognition of any common law marriage status in HK. Your girlfriend will not get a dependant visa. The only way that she will is if you marry her.
There have been many similar threads on here about the same issue. You should search them.
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