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Prior to 1999, the region was a colony of Portugal and right of abode was tied to Portuguese nationality law. Although Macau, mainland China, and Hong Kong constitute a single country, local residents with Chinese citizenship do not have automatic residence rights in either of the other two jurisdictions, which both control immigration ...
The right of abode is an individual's freedom from immigration control in a particular country.A person who has the right of abode in a country does not need permission from the government to enter the country and can live and work there without restriction, and is immune from removal and deportation (unless the right of abode has been revoked).
The bearer of this passport is a Chinese citizen who is a permanent resident of the Macao Special Administrative Region, and has the right of abode in and the right to return to the Region. This passport is valid for ten years, unless otherwise stated. But it is normally valid for five years if issued to a child under eighteen years of age.
The Macau Resident Identity Card (Chinese: 澳門居民身份證; Portuguese: Bilhete de Identidade de Residente) or BIR is an official identity card issued by the Identification Services Bureau of Macau. There are two types of Resident Identity Cards: one for permanent residents and one for non-permanent residents.
Chinese nationals with right of abode in these regions are eligible for Hong Kong [95] or Macau Resident Identity Cards, [96] able to hold Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports [97] or Macau Special Administrative Region passports, [96] and may vote in elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong [98] or Legislative Assembly ...
Director of Immigration v. Chong Fung Yuen was a 2001 case in Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal.Chief Justice Andrew Li, in the Court's unanimous opinion, affirmed lower court decisions that Chinese citizens born in Hong Kong enjoyed the right of abode regardless of the Hong Kong immigration status of their parents. [1]
The Texas-based voice actor and her fiancé purchased the home they had been renting for the past two years. A month after her June closing date, Daniels received a strange email.
Citizens of mainland China still do not have the right of abode in Macau, except if they were born in Macau (before or after the establishment of the SAR). [35] Instead, they had to apply for a permit to visit or settle in Macau from the PRC government. [36] Macau continues to operate as a separate customs territory from mainland China. [37]