Do I have to live for seven years before I can get a Hong Kong permanent identity card?

Applying for a Hong Kong permanent identity card requires that you have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for more than seven consecutive years at any time before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, but this does not mean that you cannot leave Hong Kong within these seven years.

The person concerned has temporarily left Hong Kong for business within seven years, but can continue to be regarded as ordinarily resident in Hong Kong. Therefore, leaving Hong Kong for one or two months will not affect the application for a Hong Kong permanent identity card.

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According to the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Chapter 106). 177). Anyone who has reached1one year of age or has stayed in Hong Kong for more than 180 days must apply for identity card registration after reaching1/one year of age or within 30 days of coming to Hong Kong.

Each Hong Kong identity card has the personal data such as the holder's name and date of birth, and the black-and-white photo of the witness is printed on the card. Chinese codes are also printed under the name column, which is convenient for the government or institutions to input names.

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Hong Kong Identity Card