Posted by
Jassna
14 yrs ago
I am not sure where exactly to place this thread here or in the legal section. I had a question in regards to HK ID cards.
My husband n I are currently away for work and I have a permament HK ID Card and my husband who use to work in HK also had just a HK ID Card. Now he was too lazy to work on getting his permament card before we left HK which was a few years ago although he had already been living in HK for more then 7 years.
My question is can he get a HK ID card as he is married to me or is it just the visa? Or would it still be possible to apply for his HK ID card as he had been living n working in HK for years?
Any info would be great, thanks
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If he is not a Chinese citizen, he will have to reside in HK for another continuous 7 years to be eligible for PID. If he has been away for more than 6 months he will have to start his 7 year stretch again...this applies even if he HAD obtained his PID - you lose it if you cease to normally reside in HK for more than 6 months at a time...
If all he wants is a HKID card (resident, not permanent), he can obtain one based on being your dependent.
http://www.immd.gov.hk/pdforms/rop169.pdf
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he can go to wanchai immigration office and apply an hk id card as your dependant.
i'm base in hk.
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Funbobby: Thanks for the form, v. much appreciated. I thought he would have to start again but I would be able to apply for one even though we are not currently living in HK? Once we do come back to HK n he gets a job with company here, they would still need to apply for a visa for him, right?
TO: rdnmunoz: If he is my dependant n applies just for the normal ID card then even if he does not have a job here yet, he would be able to legally work here again or does someone need to sponser him the visa?
Thanks
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wait a minute...are you a Chinese citizen, or did you have a PID based on 7 years residency here? If the latter, and you have missed more than 6 months consecutive, you will have to start from 0 years as well before you can apply again.
you must be IN HONG KONG to apply for PID (see the notes on the form I send you).
and YOU are the sponsor of his dependent visa, so he doesn't need sponsorship from an employer
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Funbobby:
"If he has been away for more than 6 months he will have to start his 7 year stretch again...this applies even if he HAD obtained his PID - you lose it if you cease to normally reside in HK for more than 6 months at a time..."
Sorry dude, you do not lose your PID if you have been away for 6 months. You have to land in HK at least once every three years (you can come in, go through immigration and turn around if you like) in order to retain your PID card.
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Lil mo,
I think what she is referring to is the living in HK for 7 “consecutive” years. The law does not have a firm policy on what it considers “consecutive”. I have helped people obtain their HK Permanent ID card whom have been away from Hong Kong for more than 3 years straight. It really is a matter of advocacy work and how you present your application to the Immigration Authority. Not all cases are successful, but even if Jassna’s husband has been away for more than 6-months out of the year, it is still possible to argue that that should not break the chain of 7 consecutive years.
Jassna, I assist people in obtaining Hong Kong visas, identity cards and passports for a living. If you need any help whatsoever people do not hesitate to contact me directly at company.formation.852@gmail.com. If your application fails I will not charge you for any of the work done.
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Sorry smallbusiness, I should have been clearer. What I was referring to is this:
"- you lose it if you cease to normally reside in HK for more than 6 months at a time..."
That's not true. You retain PR (which a non-Chinese person gets after seven years) so long as you land in HK at least once every three years (assuming you don't normally reside here in which case it's not an issue). If you do not enter HK for a three-year period, you lose your PR.
As for getting the PR, that's another matter which I'll leave to the experts (e.g. you!)
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mo's right, once you have your PR, you only have to return every 3 years to retain it...so the OP might be in luck if she's returned occasionally...it's only while you are building up your 7 years that you have to remain in HK for more than 6mths out of every 12, so her husband is SOL
my mistake...dude.
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Hi Guys,
Thanks guys for inputting all this information down. This is very useful for me, much appreciated!
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