How can I obtain permanent residency in Hong Kong?

According to the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, persons who enjoy the right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and are eligible to obtain permanent identity cards issued by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government stating this right include:

1. China citizens who were born in Hong Kong before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for more than seven consecutive years and their children born outside Hong Kong;

2, before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, other people who have usually lived in the local area for more than seven consecutive years and have taken Hong Kong as their permanent residence, and their children under the age of 21 born in the local area before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

3. Other persons who only had the right of abode in Hong Kong before the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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In fact, the HKSAR Government will attach the certificate of right of abode to its travel documents (including ROC passports held by compatriots in Taiwan Province Province) as soon as the legal conditions for the right of abode in Hong Kong are determined. However, for China citizens from the mainland of China (excluding Taiwan Province Province), the certificate of right of abode will only be attached to the one-way permit, and other travel documents will not be accepted.

For those who have the right of abode in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Immigration Department will issue Hong Kong permanent identity cards. People with the right of abode in Hong Kong can enter and stay in Hong Kong unconditionally, and the Hong Kong government may not deport or repatriate people with the right of abode in Hong Kong.

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