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When a person with household registration in mainland China is settling in Hong Kong or Macau by means of a One-way Permit, they must relinquish their household registration, therefore losing citizen rights in mainland China. However, they need to settle in the SARs for seven years to be eligible for permanent resident status (which is ...
An article published by Elaine Jeffreys and Wang Pan, ‘Chinese-foreign Marriage in Mainland China’, in the University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute Blog notes that “the most common type of Chinese-foreign marriage registered in mainland China until the late 2000s was between a mainland Chinese woman and a man from Hong Kong ...
The "Marriage Registration Management Regulations" were promulgated and came into effect on February 1, 1994, replacing the "Marriage Registration Measures" which had been in force since March 1986. [11] Starting in 1994, China implemented a standardized marriage certificate design under the supervision of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Hong Kong. Marriage Ordinance 1875; Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970; ... Marriage and Registration Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 119) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1)
It was not rare in traditional Chinese society, especially among the wealthy elite, and it was legal in Hong Kong until as recently as 1971. [ citation needed ] A compendium of miscellaneous facts compiled in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) mentioned a coastal village in present-day Zhejiang province called Shoujin’ao, where it was customary ...
Hong Kong and Macau residents who become foreign citizens continue to be Chinese nationals unless they make an explicit declaration of nationality change to their territorial immigration authorities. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Macanese residents with mixed Chinese-Portuguese ancestry are specifically given a choice between Chinese and Portuguese nationalities.
The British and Chinese governments entered negotiations over the future of Hong Kong in the early 1980s and agreed on the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984. [13] The basic principles for the right of abode are set as part of this treaty [14] and further defined in the Hong Kong Basic Law, [15] which encompass the right to land with the added entitlement that a bearer cannot be deported.
Hong Kong: Online registration for 30 days free of charge, applicable to passports with National ID number only. Registration or Taiwan Compatriot Permit not required for airside transit [312] [313] 30 days Hong Kong SAR Entry Permit required except for airside transit Macau: 30 days [314] 30 days [315]