Can the over-age children of new immigrants reunite with their parents in Hong Kong?

After consultation with the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the relevant departments of the central government have decided that, from April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April/April

A spokesman for the SAR Government said: "Mainland residents who come to settle in Hong Kong must apply for one-way permits in accordance with the established procedures in the Mainland. * 20 111month1Recently, according to the relevant regulations of the Mainland, children of Hong Kong residents who meet the prescribed conditions in the Mainland and are under the age of 14 can apply for a one-way permit to settle in Hong Kong, but while waiting for the approval of the relevant mainland authorities, the applicant * "Over-age children" refers to such children who have reached the age of 14 at the time of waiting for approval, that is, when she obtained Hong Kong resident status before 20 1 1 1 month1,her biological father or mother was under/kloc. From 20 1 1 year 1/month1day, the public security organ will only approve the application according to whether the applicant's age meets the requirements at the time of application, and the age change during the waiting process will no longer affect the approval result, so there will be no "over-aged children" after this date. 」

The application, processing and approval procedures for "over-aged children" to settle in Hong Kong will be basically the same as those for ordinary one-way permits at present. Eligible applicants can apply to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ at or above the county level where their household registration is located from April 11year, and there is no application deadline. The first batch of applicants are "over-aged children" of Hong Kong residents in the Mainland, and their biological fathers or mothers obtained Hong Kong identity cards for the first time on or before 19791February 3 1 day. The mainland public security organs will announce the specific arrangements later. In the process of examination and approval by the mainland public security organs, the Hong Kong SAR Government will verify the information of the applicant's parents in Hong Kong upon request.

A spokesman for the SAR Government added, "The residence of' over-aged children' in Hong Kong does not occupy the quota for other categories of mainland residents to settle in Hong Kong, so it will not affect the acceptance and approval of applications from other categories of mainland residents to settle in Hong Kong. 」