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How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Introduction

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10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application This 15 segment presentation is designed to empower long term foreign national residents of Hong Kong to remove all their current immigration conditions and go on to become permanent residents. Permanent residency is derived from the Hong Kong Basic Law and, once granted, is manifested in a Permanent Identity Card – which itself states that the holder has the Right of…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Is Hong Kong Your Only Place of Permanent Residence?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 11 responses

10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application In determining how to implement the provisions of the Basic Law relating to right of abode for long stay foreign nationals in 1997, ImmD adopted a pragmatic approach to determining if Hong Kong has indeed become your only place of permanent residence. In completing the preparations for your application to verify your eligibility for a permanent identity card, you are…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Losing It!

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10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application Alas, the Right of Abode for foreign nationals is not strictly speaking a full and complete right as such – in one respect it is only a partial right. Essentially as a non Chinese citizen, once you have secured PR in Hong Kong, you can lose it, although it is easy enough to maintain – you just need to be physically present in Hong Kong on at least one occasion in any…

The Right of Abode & Permanent Residence For Foreign Children In Hong Kong

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The Right of Abode & Permanent Residence For Foreign Children In Hong Kong What is the situation as regards the Right of Abode & Permanent Residence for foreign children in Hong Kong when they reach 21 years of age? Clearing up the confusion as to HKID cards at 11, 18 and what happens at 21? The Right of Abode & Permanent Residence For Foreign Children in Hong Kong There are 2 PR ‘Categories’ to consider where children born or…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Paperwork, Process & Patience

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10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application You must apply to verify your eligibility for a Permanent Hong Kong Identity Card via form ROP145. This is submitted to the HKID at Immigration Tower via the Right of Abode section along with the completed the declaration on Form ROP146. Alternatively you can initiate your application on line via the dedicated online submission process. To speed up the exercise, it is…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Are You A Foreign National?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 9 responses

10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application There are in fact several categories of individuals under the basic law who are eligible for consideration for the right of abode in Hong Kong (relating mostly to Chinese nationals) but this presentation is limited to just one type of person, namely, foreign nationals who have lived lawfully in Hong Kong continuously for a minimum period of time. To qualify the right…

Can I Extend The 3 Years Needed To Keep My Right of Abode In Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Feature Article, Long Stay & PR, Musing, VG Front Page / 82 responses

Can I Extend The 3 Years Needed To Keep My Right of Abode In Hong Kong? Will ImmD Make An Exception For Me?   Can I extend the 3 years needed to keep my Right of Abode in Hong Kong? I originally published this video in January 2022, when we were very much ‘peak Covid’ in Hong Kong. I shot the video in response to dozens of emails each week from permanent residents who had been absent or were coming up for being absent from Hong…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Security Objections & Outstanding Taxation Liabilities

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10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application Some foreign national applicants for permanent residency are extremely concerned that certain transgressions of the law during their time in Hong Kong could serve as a barrier to them qualifying for the right of abode here. Namely, will a criminal conviction in Hong Kong automatically preclude your eligibility for permanent residency in the HKSAR? Whilst the…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – No Need to Take Notes!

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10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application This presentation has been designed to serve as the anchor or reference point in making your own application for a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card. You will find along with each slide, not only my narrative on each segment, but also links to further resources, videos, templates and commentary which are available in the Hong Kong Visa Handbook and also elsewhere on…

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Documents Required

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 4 responses

10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application In the main, the documents required for a successful Right of Abode application speak to the actuality of your last seven years of life in Hong Kong. Of course, not everyone keeps complete and accurate records over time and most right of abode applications are approved even if there are certain deficiencies in the 7 year records submitted in support. In general terms,…