
Baby Born in Hong Kong to a Foreign National Temporary Resident – How To Complete the Dependant Visa Process
Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Feature Article, Musing / 3 responses
When a baby is born here to a temporary (i.e. non permanent) resident how do you go about finalising the immigration formalities associated with the birth in the HKSAR?
This is a straightforward process not otherwise detailed in the dependant visa section of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook – so here you go:
Firstly, make sure you register the birth 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
5– Copy of mother’s passport bio details and current visa label pages
6– Copy of HKID card for both parents
7– Original HKID235B (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
Time to Complete
1-2 hours
Note
Bring something to read. Earphones and music are not recommended as you have to listen out for your number to be called. If you miss it, it’s a world of waiting pain…
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.