What are the requirements for mainland citizens to apply for Hong Kong citizenship?

The conditions for mainland citizens to apply for Hong Kong citizenship are as follows:

The Interim Measures for the Administration of China Citizens' Private Travel to or from Hongkong or Macao stipulates that:

Article 7? In any of the following circumstances, you can apply for settlement in Hong Kong or Macao:

(1) One of the spouses has settled in Hong Kong or Macao and has been separated for many years;

(2) Parents who have settled in Hong Kong and Macao are old and infirm and must be taken care of by mainland children;

(three) the elderly and children who are helpless in the mainland have to rely on their immediate family members and close relatives in Hong Kong and Macao;

(four) the immediate family members who have settled in Hong Kong and Macao have no inheritance, and they must be inherited by the children who have settled in the Mainland;

(five) there are other special circumstances that must be solved.

Extended data

The Interim Measures for the Administration of China Citizens' Private Travel to or from Hongkong or Macao stipulates that:

Thirteenth mainland citizens to apply for Hong Kong and Macao, one of the following circumstances, shall not be approved:

(a) the circumstances specified in Article 8 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Administration of Exit and Entry of Citizens of China; ?

(two) does not belong to the provisions of article seventh and article eighth of these measures; ?

(3) fabricating information or providing false certificates to deceive the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ.

Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council-Interim Measures for the Administration of Private Travel between Hong Kong and Macao by China Citizens