If you have a Hong Kong ID card, you do not need to apply for a return permit

For the vast majority of mainlanders who immigrate to Hong Kong for further study or as talents and professionals, obtaining a Hong Kong identity represents an additional kind of life security. If you want to become a permanent resident of Hong Kong, It will take up to 7 years, but some problems will also occur along with it. For example, do I need to apply for a return permit? What adverse impact will it have on your daily life if you don’t apply? First of all, we need to understand what a return permit is? The Home Return Permit is a valid document for traveling to and from the Mainland from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Hong Kong’s Home Return Permit has now been issued as a card, which is the same size as a bank card. When clearing customs, you only need to swipe your card. No visa is required. You can go back and forth several times within the validity period. The full name is "Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents".

You do not need to apply for a home-return permit. If you only apply for a Hong Kong permanent identity document, you do not need to cancel your domestic household registration. If you apply for a hometown return permit, it means that you must first cancel your domestic household registration. This is why many people are unwilling to apply for a hometown return permit. But we need to understand that if we do not apply for a return permit, there will be many inconveniences in living in China. After verifying that you are a permanent resident of Hong Kong, you can use the Hong Kong and Macao Pass to travel between China and Hong Kong again without canceling your household registration or getting a home-return permit. All rights in Hong Kong are settled according to permanent residents, and there will be other adverse effects. The rights of Hong Kong permanent residents have nothing to do with whether or not they can obtain a return permit. If the stay visa for the pass expires, you will need to find other ways to leave the country. If you really do not want to apply for a return permit and need to travel back and forth to the country frequently, we recommend that you need to swipe the Hong Kong and Macau Pass when leaving the country and the Hong Kong ID card when leaving Hong Kong.

2 You cannot leave the country before going abroad

You cannot leave the country before going overseas with your Hong Kong passport only. You must use it together with the return permit. , that is to say, the SAR passport visa cannot be used to leave the country.

For example, a Hong Kong permanent resident who has applied for a Home Return Permit takes a flight from Shanghai to Japan and cannot leave Shanghai by showing his SAR passport and visa. He must use the Home Return Permit before customs will release him. If you use a Chinese passport to leave the country, the passport visa must have a valid Japanese visa. In other words, the SAR passport and visa with a return permit are a piece of waste paper in China. You cannot go overseas from China. You can only go overseas from Hong Kong/Macau. China Daily, September 28 (Reporter Yang Zekun) Yin Chengji, deputy director of the People's Republic of China and the Exit-Entry Administration, said at a press conference on September 28 that Hong Kong and Macao residents who had expired or lost or damaged their documents while in the mainland must Returning to Hong Kong and Macao to apply for replacement and reissue adds unnecessary time cost and financial burden to relevant personnel. Starting from January 1, 2022, Hong Kong and Macao residents can apply to the exit and entry administration department of any public security bureau at or above the county level across the country for a replacement or replacement Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao residents (commonly known as the "Return Permit"). The application procedures are the same as those in Hong Kong and Macao. consistent. Applicants can apply through the window, submit materials, pay the certificate application fee, voluntarily choose the certificate mailing service, and complete all application procedures at once, and the certificate application time is shortened to 7 working days.