How to get a Hong Kong identity card

How to get a Hong Kong identity card? This question should be answered according to the situation. If you are 1 1 to 17 years old, you need a guardian to accompany you. If you are an overseas person, it depends on whether you were born in Hong Kong or have lived in Hong Kong for seven years. Let's answer in detail how to get a Hong Kong identity card.

1 1 to 17 years old people apply for identity cards.

When you arrive at the personnel registration office, you and your parents or legal guardians should go to the reception desk to get the chip number and application form. If you have made an appointment, please inform the waiting staff that you have the appointment time and ID number or display the confirmation notice of the appointment confirmation. Please read and fill in the application form carefully and wait for the boarding staff to pick you up.

When your chip number is displayed on the display screen in the main hall, you need to go to the designated boarding room and give the application form, certificate and ID card (if any) to the boarding attendant. The registrar will check your eligibility for an ID card, scan the fingerprints of your left and right hands and take your photos. After that, you will be invited to wait in the waiting room and the approval manager will meet you.

When your chip number is displayed on the display screen again, you need to go to the designated meeting room and hand over the application form, supporting documents and ID card (if any) to the approver. The examining and approving officer will examine your eligibility for an ID card, scan your left and right finger fingerprints again, take back your old ID card (if any), and issue you a receipt for applying for an ID card.

If you apply for a replacement ID card, you must pay at the payment office to get a receipt for your ID card.

If you only hold the receipt of your ID card application and intend to travel outside Hong Kong, you must present valid travel documents, such as photo protection or re-entry permit, at the Hong Kong entry-exit control point according to the law.

18 years old or apply for an ID card as an elder.

When you arrive at the personnel registration office, you should get the chip number and application form at the reception desk. If you have made an appointment, please inform the waiting staff that you have the appointment time and ID number or display the confirmation notice of the appointment confirmation. Please read and fill in the application form carefully and wait for the boarding staff to receive you.

When your chip number is displayed on the display screen in the main hall, you need to go to the designated boarding room and give the application form, certificate and ID card (if any) to the boarding attendant. The registrar will check your eligibility for an ID card, scan the fingerprints of your left and right hands and take your photos. After that, you will be invited to wait in the waiting room and the approval manager will meet you.

When your chip number is displayed on the display screen again, you need to go to the designated meeting room and hand over the application form, supporting documents and ID card (if any) to the approver. The examining and approving officer will examine your eligibility for an ID card, scan your left and right finger fingerprints again, take back your old ID card (if any), and issue you a receipt for applying for an ID card.

If you apply for a replacement ID card, you must pay at the payment office to get a receipt for your ID card.

If you only hold the receipt of your ID card application and intend to travel outside Hong Kong, you must present valid travel documents, such as photo protection or re-entry permit, at the Hong Kong entry-exit control point according to the law.

Age 1 1, because you need to apply for special zone escort, you need to apply for a permanent identity card.

When you arrive at the personnel registration office, you and your parents or legal guardians should go to the reception desk to get the chip number and application form. If you have made an appointment, please inform the waiting staff that you have the appointment time and ID number or display the confirmation notice of the appointment confirmation. Please read and fill in the application form carefully and wait for the boarding staff to pick you up.

When your chip number is displayed on the display screen in the main hall, you need to go to the designated boarding room and give the application form, certificate and ID card (if any) to the boarding attendant. The registrar will check your eligibility for an ID card, and then you will be invited to wait in the waiting room, where the approver will meet you.

When your chip number is displayed on the display screen again, you need to go to the designated meeting room and hand over the application form, supporting documents and ID card (if any) to the approver. The examining and approving officer will examine your ID card qualification and take back your old ID card (if any). You have to pay at the payment office before you can get the receipt for your ID card.

If you only hold the receipt of your ID card application and intend to travel outside Hong Kong, you must present valid travel documents, such as photo protection or re-entry permit, at the Hong Kong entry-exit control point according to the law.

Overseas application for permanent identity card

If you fall into one of the following categories, you are eligible to apply for a protection photo of the HKSAR overseas and apply for a permanent identity card:

(1) China citizens born in Hong Kong before or after the establishment of the HKSAR; or

(2) China citizens established in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and living in Hong Kong for more than 7 years; or

(c) a China daughter born outside Hong Kong before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and at the time of her birth, she has met the requirements in item (a) or (b).

You should submit copies of the following documents at the same time as your application:

Your birth certificate in Hong Kong (if you were born in Hong Kong)

Proof of living in Hong Kong, such as school certificate, work certificate, official receipt, bank statement, etc. (If you have lived in Hong Kong for 7 consecutive years)

Your birth certificate and your parents' permanent identity card (if you claim the right of abode in Hong Kong by virtue of your parents' identity)

Note: If your name and personality are different from those on your birth certificate, you must submit documents, such as the deed of change of name, travel permit, adoption certificate, marriage or divorce certificate, etc. Prove that you changed your name and personality.

You also need to submit two recent photos in the following format:

Size: 29 mm (width) by 35 mm (length)

Show your whole face without a hat.

Light background, without any decoration.

The photo paper used should be ordinary tissue paper, which has not been polished and pasted, but can be firmly attached to the document.

If you have a non-permanent identity card, you should return it to this office when submitting your application.

Extended reading:

Why does Hong Kong accept Vietnamese refugees unconditionally?

The news about European refugees comes one after another, and people gradually realize that they are witnessing the most serious refugee crisis in continental Europe since World War II. Looking back on the refugee tide and refugee relief since the middle of the 20th century, Pearl of the Orient? Hong Kong was also influenced by the 1970s? In the 1990s, the Vietnamese refugee tide entered the international refugee crisis and became the Asian refugee crisis. Refugee paradise? . During the period of 1978- 1982, the famous director Xu Anhua made three films with Vietnamese themes in succession: The Visitor under the Lion Mountain (1978), The Story of Hu Yue (198 1) and Going to the Angry Sea. Vietnam trilogy? , the classic of Hong Kong New Wave movies. The film focuses on the tortuous fate of the Vietnamese people after the Vietnam War, and also reflects the concern of Hong Kong society on this issue.

1975 to 2005, Hong Kong * * * received more than 230,000 Vietnamese refugees and boat people, of which140,000 were resettled overseas, 67,000 were repatriated, and nearly160,000 were resettled permanently, which is worthy of the name? Port of first asylum? .

Why Hong Kong?

In the past 30 years, Vietnamese have been migrating to neighboring countries and regions. Why did you choose Hong Kong first? In addition to facilitating the important geographical location, it is also related to the proportion of Vietnamese overseas Chinese among refugees and Hong Kong's refugee policy.

Before Vietnam's reunification, there were about 6.5438+0.5 million overseas Chinese and Vietnamese Chinese, of which about 6.5438+0.2 million were in South Vietnam, most of them lived in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and were engaged in industry and commerce, and the remaining 300,000 were in North Vietnam. 1975 On April 2 1 day, nine days before Vietnam occupied Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Nguyen Van Shao, then president of South Vietnam, announced his resignation and fled to Taiwan Province Province. On April 30, North Vietnam and Vietnam * * * guerrillas captured Saigon, and Vietnam was unified from then on. On May 4th, a Danish freighter transported more than 3,000 Vietnamese refugees to Hong Kong, which opened the door for Vietnamese refugees? To the angry sea? A prelude to.

Before 1978, the number of Vietnamese refugees decreased significantly. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After Vietnam's reunification, the new government faced the task of economic reconstruction, but due to policy mistakes, Vietnam's economy was in trouble. 1In March 1978, the Vietnamese government nationalized enterprises, forcibly deprived Vietnamese Chinese of their property, and persecuted them politically and economically on a large scale.

In order to escape persecution, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Chinese and overseas Chinese embarked on a desperate journey, and many people were buried in the sea, shocking the world. According to statistics, about 60% of the refugees who arrived in Hong Kong from 65438 to 0978? 70% are Vietnamese Chinese. From 65438 to 0979, the proportion of China refugees was close to 80%.

Hong Kong is not only the largest port along the coast of South China, but also a shipping hub in the western Pacific Ocean, only 500 miles from northern Vietnam. Most Vietnamese fled to Hong Kong by boat, but when they encounter fuel shortage or ship equipment damage, they usually stop in the southern provinces and cities of China and then continue to sail to Hong Kong. With more and more Vietnamese refugees from China, Hong Kong has naturally become the preferred transit point and foothold.

? Tian Yun? Stranding event

February 8 1979, another ship carrying more than 2,600 Vietnamese boat people? Tian Yun? (Larks) enter Hong Kong waters at night. ? Tian Yun? It is a 3,500-ton Panamanian cargo ship, and the boat people have not been allowed to land, waiting for the decision of the British Hong Kong government. On June 29, some boat people cut the anchor chain, and the whole cargo ship sailed to the angry sea again. Finally, it ran aground near Lamma Island and the hull sank. The boat people swam to the nearby shore one after another, and were finally allowed to go ashore and placed in the extremely crowded refugee camp with a population of more than 10,000. This incident suddenly escalated into a landmark event of international humanitarian issues, which directly affected Hong Kong's next refugee policy.

1in July, 979, the British government signed an international convention to deal with Vietnamese refugees in Geneva, including listing Hong Kong as? Port of first asylum? . Refugees fleeing Vietnam are first accepted by the first asylum port and then screened by western countries. Refugees who meet the screening criteria can be transferred to these countries for settlement, and the rest will be repatriated by the government of the first asylum port.

Is it the same as Hong Kong? Port of first asylum? Yes, there are ASEAN countries (mainly Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore), many of which openly refuse to land refugees or put ships carrying refugees on the high seas. Vietnam's neighbors have also adopted stricter refugee policies. Compared with these countries, Hong Kong's attitude towards Vietnamese boat people has always been. Welcome everyone who comes? Our policy is the safest intermediary and foothold.

Tightening refugee policy: from openness to screening

1975- 1982: unconditionally accept refugees.

At the beginning of the refugee tide, most Vietnamese refugees who arrived in Hong Kong had the opportunity to emigrate to western developed countries after living for a period of time. During this period, western countries accepted 95,000 Vietnamese refugees stranded in Hong Kong, accounting for about 8 1.2% of the refugees arriving in Hong Kong during the same period.

Most Vietnamese refugees who came to Hong Kong in the early days were overseas Chinese, and most of them spoke Cantonese. They live in open refugee camps, where they can not only go in and out freely, but also find jobs locally. According to statistics, from 65438 to 0979, there were nearly 20,000 Vietnamese refugees engaged in paid jobs in Hong Kong. 198 1 Summer survey shows that Vietnamese refugees stranded in Hong Kong are mostly engaged in unskilled jobs, and 60% are engaged in industries such as construction, electronics, garment making, welding and repair, with electronics as the head. The remaining 40% are engaged in catering, plastic surgery, handling and translation in refugee camps. Generally speaking, the problem of Hong Kong refugees was not prominent during this period.

Vietnamese refugee children in 1970s

Contrary to Hong Kong, the five ASEAN countries have implemented a closed camp policy, and refugees are confined in camps and cannot move freely, let alone go out to work. For example, Singapore does not allow refugees rescued at sea to land unless other countries promise to receive them within 90 days. At the end of 1978, Singapore stipulated that only 1000 refugees could be granted temporary asylum at any time. If the receiving country fails to resettle the refugees within the time limit according to the written agreement, it will be punished, and if any refugees want to resettle in these punished countries, they will not be allowed to land unless the problem of delayed resettlement in that country is solved. This deterrent policy of Singapore also keeps refugees at a distance.

1982- 1988:? A humane deterrent policy?

From 65438 to 0982, western countries began to reduce the number of refugees for various reasons. The resettlement of refugees in Hong Kong faces serious difficulties, and a large number of Vietnamese refugees are stranded in Hong Kong. By the end of 1982, * * more than 12000 Vietnamese refugees were stranded in Hong Kong, making it the largest number of refugees in Hong Kong. It is increasingly difficult for Hong Kong's social resources and infrastructure to meet the needs of the growing population. Since July 1982, the British authorities in Hong Kong have adopted a policy of accepting refugees conditionally.

Hong Kong began to build a closed refugee camp? Resettlement of newly arrived Vietnamese refugees. According to the regulations of the British Hong Kong authorities, all Vietnamese refugees are allowed to live in closed refugee camps and are not allowed to go out to work. The British Hong Kong authorities have set up nine closed refugee camps far from the urban areas to accommodate Vietnamese refugees coming to Hong Kong. On July 2nd, 1982, the first closed refugee camp transformed from an old prison was officially opened. This is called the Hong Kong authorities? A humane deterrent policy? In the following years, the effect was remarkable. The number of Vietnamese refugees arriving in Hong Kong decreased from 36,565,438+0 in 65,438+0983, 2,230 in 65,438+0984 and 65,438+0985 to the lowest number of 65,438+065,438+02 in the 1980s.

According to statistics, after the implementation of the closed refugee camp policy, the number of Vietnamese refugees arriving in Hong Kong has gradually decreased, but we cannot ignore the Vietnamese who decided to emigrate to western countries during this period. Because with the worsening domestic economic situation in Vietnam, the influx of Vietnamese into Hong Kong is still increasing. With the passage of time? Closed refugee camps? The deterrent effect gradually decreased. After 1986, the influx of Vietnamese refugees into Hong Kong began to increase greatly.

1988- 1997: screening? Refugees? With what? Boat people?

1987, the number of Vietnamese refugees coming to Hong Kong reached more than 27,000, nearly 20,000 in 1988 and 34,000 in 1989. The second wave of large-scale refugees appeared in Hong Kong. At the beginning of 1988, the Hong Kong government suddenly confirmed that Hong Kong has no national legal responsibility as the first asylum port for Vietnamese refugees. Legally speaking, the two international refugee agreements signed by the British government in 195 1 and 1967 are not applicable to Hong Kong. This statement can be seen as a prelude to the screening policy of the Hong Kong Government and the forced repatriation of refugees.

Vietnamese boat people

1988 June 16, the British Hong Kong government announced its implementation? Refugee screening? Policy, Vietnamese arriving in Hong Kong after this date will no longer obtain refugee status directly, collectively known as? Boat people? . The boat people must first enter the newly set detention center and wait for identification.

The screening is based on the relevant international conventions and agreements of UNHCR, which is very strict, and the proportion of Vietnamese who are granted refugee status after screening is very low. Of the 10328 Vietnamese who arrived in Hong Kong from June 1988 to June 1988, only 54 were classified as refugees. Of the 34 166 Vietnamese who arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, 587 were classified as refugees. Of the 1990 Vietnamese who arrived in Hong Kong, 1785 were classified as refugees. As of March, 199 1, less than 20% of the people were considered as real refugees, and only 350 people were directly granted refugee status by UNHCR, accounting for a very small proportion of refugees. Those Vietnamese who have not been granted refugee status are regarded as illegal immigrants and face the fate of being repatriated to China.

After the implementation of the screening policy, there have been three kinds of refugee camps in Hong Kong: the first is an open refugee camp, where Vietnamese refugees arrived in Hong Kong before July 1982; The second is a closed refugee camp, which houses Vietnamese refugees who arrived in Hong Kong before July 1982 and June 1988; The third type is the detention camp for boat people, which houses boat people who arrive in Hong Kong after June 1988 and wait for screening, or who have been screened as non-refugees.

19891February 12, the first batch of 5/kloc-0 Vietnamese boat people who were forcibly repatriated were escorted by the police on the plane to Vietnam. Most western countries (except Britain), led by the United States, lashed out at the actions of the Hong Kong government, and the Vietnamese government emphasized that it would not accept involuntary repatriation of refugees, so the repatriation work basically stopped. Although there have been adjustments since then, it is of little use.

Find a home in Hong Kong

1998 65438+ 10, the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) special administrative region conducted a policy review on Vietnamese refugees, boat people and illegal immigrants, and announced that it would take effect on 1998 65438+ 10? Port of first asylum? The policy is cancelled. On February 23rd, 2000, the SAR Government announced its implementation? Expand the local resettlement program? , allowing Vietnamese refugees and eligible Vietnamese boat people who arrived in Hong Kong before1998 65438+19 October to apply for settlement in Hong Kong. As of February 2000, there were only over 65,438+0,400 Vietnamese refugees and boat people in Hong Kong, mainly living in Pillar Point Stone Refugee Camp. At 0: 00 on June 1 2000, the Hong Kong SAR Government announced the official closure of the last Vietnamese refugee camp in Hong Kong.

For various reasons, these refugees and boat people cannot return to China, nor are they accepted by foreign countries and other regions. Therefore, the HKSAR Government decided to allow them to apply for the right of abode in Hong Kong and become permanent residents in Hong Kong. In 2005, more than 65,438+0,400 Vietnamese still stranded in Hong Kong finally obtained Hong Kong identity cards and legal residence status in Hong Kong.

When they moved out of the refugee camp, the relocation allowance they received ranged from HK$ 3,950 to HK$ 65,438+HK$ 065,438+million, and the SAR Government spent HK$ 365,438+million on it. However, most of these 1.400 people have no skills, and only 1/3 people can find jobs. Although the identity problem has been solved, like all first-generation immigrants, these Vietnamese still have a long way to go to integrate into Hong Kong society.