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 Abode in Hong Kong.
The terms Permanent ID, right of abode, permanent residency and PR are all the same thing – they all mean that you possess the rolls royce immigration status in Hong Kong which is a prize worth having making a foreign national as close to being a Hong Kong Citizen as is legally possible.
However, it is important to appreciate that the quality of the Right of Abode for foreign nationals in Hong Kong is actually just inferior to the Right of Abode which Chinese nationals in Hong Kong secure.
As a foreigner who secures PR here on the strength of long term residency can actually lose their right of abode in certain circumstances whereas Chinese nationals cannot.
Moreover foreigners holding permanent identity cards cannot go on to get HKSAR passports, whilst Chinese nationals can.
These anomalies are not, however, driven by racism but rather the intricacies of Chinese nationality law. It doesn’t matter what the colour of your skin is or your ethnic background, you must be a Chinese citizen in order to have an unfettered Right of Abode and access to a HKSAR passport.
So, this presentation is designed specifically for long term foreign national residents of Hong Kong, lasts no more than 30 minutes all told and seeks to provide you with all the information and resources that you need to go on to make an application for the right of abode without needing to pay anyone for professional help.
More In This Series
1. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Introduction
2. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Relax, No Need To Takes Notes!
3. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business
4. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Must Have Resources
5. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Are You a Foreign National?
6. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – The Approvability Test
7. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Continuous Ordinary Residence
8. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – 7 Years? Starting When?
9. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – What is “Qualifying Residence”?
10. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Are You Truly Settled in Hong Kong?
11. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Is Hong Kong Your Only Place of Permanent Residence?
12. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Security Objections & Outstanding Taxation Liabilities
13. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Paperwork, Process, Patience
14. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Losing It!
15. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Documents Required
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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.
