What's the difference between Hong Kong residents and Hong Kong permanent residents?

The differences between Hong Kong identity cards and permanent identity cards are as follows:

1, whether there are differences in residents' rights. Hong Kong permanent identity card is an identity card issued by the Immigration Department to people with the right of abode in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Identity Card Hong Kong Identity Card is an identity card issued by the Immigration Department to people who have no right of abode in Hong Kong.

2. Do you have the right to apply for a Hong Kong passport? Holders of Hong Kong permanent identity cards have the right to apply for HKSAR passports, while holders of Hong Kong permanent identity cards have no right to apply for HKSAR passports.

3. The range of benefits is different. Although Hong Kong identity card holders enjoy basically the same benefits as Hong Kong permanent identity card holders, there are still some benefits that only Hong Kong permanent identity card holders can enjoy, such as voting rights, applying for public housing and applying for social welfare. Holders of Hong Kong permanent identity cards enjoy wider benefits than holders of Hong Kong permanent identity cards.

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Hong Kong permanent identity card application conditions:

China citizens who meet one of the following conditions are eligible to apply for Hong Kong permanent identity cards issued overseas:

1. Born in Hong Kong, and his father or mother has settled in Hong Kong at the time of birth or at any time after birth;

2. Have ordinarily lived in Hong Kong for more than seven consecutive years at any time before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

3. Born outside Hong Kong, and at the time of birth, the father or mother was a China citizen and had the right of abode in Hong Kong.