Baby Born In Hong Kong To A Foreign National Temporary Resident | How To Complete the Dependant Visa Process
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Arranging The Visa For A Baby Born In Hong Kong To A Foreign National Temporary Resident
How To Complete the Dependant Visa Process Once You Have Baby’s Passport
When a baby born in Hong Kong to a temporary (i.e. non-permanent) resident gets his passport, you need to consider finalising the immigration (dependant visa) formalities associated with the birth in the HKSAR.
For a baby born in Hong Kong, This is a straightforward process not otherwise detailed in the dependant visa section of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook – so here you go:
Firstly, ensure you register the baby’s birth in Hong Kong within 42 days. This short video teaches you how:
Documents Required
1– Copy of the baby’s Hong Kong birth certificate
2– Copy of the baby’s passport
3– Copy of parents’ Marriage Certificate
4– Copy of father’s passport bio details and current visa label pages/QR code approval letters
5– Copy of mother’s passport bio details and current visa label pages/QR code approval letters
6– Copy of HKID card for both parents
7– Original ID235B (baby’s Permit to Remain – issued by ImmD at the time you registered the birth and secured the birth certificate) along with a copy
8– Completed Transfer of Endorsement form
Process
This takes place on the 5th floor of Immigration Tower in Wanchai. There is a walk-in quota each day which tends to fill up early. Better to make an advance appointment using the telephone booking service. Call 2824 6111 to learn how to do this.
Time to Complete
1-2 hours
Note
Bring something to read. Earphones and music are not recommended as you must listen out for your number to be called. If you miss it, it’s a world of waiting pain …
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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.
Jeff
Good afternoon, I just want to know if a mother is a dependant in Hong Kong and her child was holding a Recognizance and her child age was 33 years old, is it possible her child can apply a dependant visa? The father of the child was disappeared since birth.Can you help me please.Thank you.
The Visa Geeza
Bottom line is not easily and would require expensive lawyers to even give it a go. It’s not our area of expertise in any event. We are employment and business focused for the most part.