Application conditions for Hong Kong resident identity cards

Application conditions for Hong Kong Identity Card: Hong Kong Talents Scheme and Hong Kong Professionals Scheme.

Nevertheless, holders of such ID cards cannot apply for SAR passports for the time being. However, holding this ID card is basically the same as the benefits enjoyed by Hong Kong permanent residents in terms of education, medical care and social welfare. You can freely enter and leave Hong Kong, study, work and live in Hong Kong without restrictions, and you can also enjoy the low tax rate in Hong Kong.

Now, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is developing rapidly. Therefore, Hong Kong residents who return to the Mainland for work and development can enjoy the same rights and benefits as mainland residents in medical insurance, pension insurance and provident fund. In addition, overseas high-end talents and talents in short supply who work in nine cities of Greater Bay Area can enjoy a tax subsidy of 15%. Working in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the tax burden exceeding Hong Kong tax can be directly exempted.

In addition, even if parents hold Hong Kong resident identity cards, their children can directly obtain Hong Kong SAR passports as long as they are born in Hong Kong, enjoy free compulsory education in both Chinese and English in Hong Kong 12, take the DSE exam of the Hong Kong College Entrance Examination, be admitted to local universities or mainland universities (129), or attend overseas universities and other educational advantages.

Obtain a Hong Kong permanent identity card

China citizens who meet one of the following conditions are eligible to apply for Hong Kong permanent identity cards issued overseas:

1. Born in Hong Kong, and his father or mother has settled in Hong Kong at the time of birth or at any time after birth.

2. Usually have lived in Hong Kong for more than seven consecutive years before or at any time after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

3. Born outside Hong Kong, and at the time of birth, the father or mother was a China citizen and had the right of abode in Hong Kong.

According to the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Chapter 106). 177). Anyone who has reached1one year of age or has stayed in Hong Kong for more than 180 days must apply for identity card registration after reaching1/one year of age or within 30 days of coming to Hong Kong.

Each Hong Kong identity card has the personal data such as the holder's name and date of birth, and the black-and-white photo of the witness is printed on the card. Chinese codes are also printed under the name column, which is convenient for the government or institutions to input names.

There are two types of Hong Kong identity cards, namely "Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card" and "Hong Kong Identity Card". 1/The ID card obtained by a person aged 0/is also called a children's ID card, and 18-year-old people need to change their adult ID cards within 30 days after their birthday.