Hong Kong Resident ID Card can be used to obtain a permanent ID card after a few years.

You can get a permanent identity card after 7 years of holding your Hong Kong resident identity card.

The Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card (English Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card) is issued by the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and is the main identity document for Hong Kong residents.

The "Personnel Registration Ordinance", Chapter 177 of the Laws of Hong Kong, stipulates that anyone who reaches the age of 11 or stays in Hong Kong for more than 180 days must register to receive an identity card after reaching the age of 11 or within 30 days of arriving in Hong Kong. . Each Hong Kong identity card contains the holder's name, date of birth and other personal information, and a black-and-white photo of the holder is printed on the card. Under the name column, Chinese code is also printed to facilitate the government or organization to input names.

Requirements for receiving:

1. The Hong Kong permanent resident identity card is an identity card issued by the Immigration Department to people with the right of abode in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong permanent resident identity cards are commonly known as "three stars", so named because the permanent resident identity cards they hold are marked with "***". In fact, the meaning of this mark is not directly related to whether the holder has the right of abode in Hong Kong. It only means that the holder is 18 years old or above and is eligible to apply for a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Return Permit.

When entering and exiting the Hong Kong border, Hong Kong permanent residents only need to show their identity cards and do not need to fill in an "Entry and Exit Declaration Form" to pass the border. In Section 2A of the Immigration Ordinance, Chapter 115 of the Laws of Hong Kong, Hong Kong permanent residents are provided with the following rights, subject to the provisions of Section 2AA(2):

1. Entering Hong Kong.

2. No conditions of stay in Hong Kong will be imposed, and any conditions of stay imposed on him will be invalid.

3. No deportation order shall be issued to him; and no deportation order shall be issued to him.

4. If the Hong Kong permanent resident identity card holder needs to replace his or her old identity card with a new one or has lost his old identity card, the Immigration Department will issue an "Application for Hong Kong Permanent Resident Identity Card" before the new identity card is issued. ID card receipt”.

5. This receipt functions as a temporary ID card, but cannot be used for entry. You must hold a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region re-entry permit or a valid travel document (for example: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport, British National (Overseas) passport, etc.) when entering and exiting.

In Hong Kong, there is controversy over whether the correct name of the identity card is "identity card" or "identity card". The "Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" uses "identity card", while the "Personnel Registration Ordinance" uses "identity card". However, the Hong Kong government has been using "identity card" as the name of the document since the colonial era, and the Legislative Council also approved the continued use of "identity card" as the name.

Yong Ruo, a Hong Kong character researcher, also believes that fen is the correct character. So in 1991, when the Hong Kong government planned to return "identity" to "identity", Rongruo, Lu Li and others strongly opposed it. Different people who supported "part" and "divided" debated, and in the end the government maintained the original wording.

Extended information

History related to Hong Kong Permanent Resident Identity Card

Before 1949, the Hong Kong government had no restrictions on residents from mainland China immigrating to Hong Kong from the mainland. Ordinary people can travel between Hong Kong and mainland China at will, and Hong Kong does not conduct personnel registration for Chinese residents. After the change of power in mainland China in 1949, a large number of refugees poured into Hong Kong. In order to control Hong Kong's population, the government began to implement border controls and restrict the entry of residents from mainland China. And began to register Hong Kong residents and issue identity cards. When registration was first launched in 1949, the identity card issued at that time was just a piece of paper filled in by hand.

From June 1, 1960, the government changed to the second generation ID card. This kind of ID card has the fingerprint and photo of the holder, and the information is filled in with a typewriter and glued. Men's ID cards are blue and women's ID cards are red. In November 1973, the government issued a third-generation ID card. The fingerprints on the ID cards were removed, and gender was no longer distinguished by color.

The second and third generation identity cards are stamped with an issuance seal, with green representing residents who have resided in Hong Kong for less than seven years and black representing permanent residents. Therefore, the new immigrants at that time were called "green sealers".

In the early days of Hong Kong, there was no law requiring residents to carry identity cards. In order to stem the tide of immigrants from the mainland, the Hong Kong government implemented a catch-and-release policy starting from October 24, 1980, requiring all Hong Kong residents over the age of 15 to carry their identity cards in public places. Violators will be fined HK$100.

In March 1983, the Immigration Department launched the first generation of computerized identity cards, which had enhanced anti-counterfeiting measures compared with the old cards and simplified immigration procedures through the computer system. On June 1, 1987, the Immigration Department issued a second-generation computerized identity card without the colonial insignia to all Hong Kong residents, which could be transitioned to July 1, 1997. In 2003, the Immigration Department issued smart identity cards to Hong Kong residents in phases.

The Immigration Department first began to issue smart IDs on June 23, 2003 for holders of identity cards who have lost or damaged their identity cards, and for those aged 11 or 18 who are renewing their identity cards for children and adults. certificate. Starting from August 2003, all residents in Hong Kong will be required to renew their smart identity cards in stages within four years based on their year of birth. The Immigration Department has set up 9 smart identity card centers across Hong Kong for citizens to renew their identity cards. It ended on March 31, 2007, and the nine smart ID card centers have been closed since May 19, 2007.

Data source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hong Kong Permanent Resident Identity Card