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Permanent residents can sponsor family members to immigrate to Hong Kong. The family member sponsored by the Permanent Resident must be either "their spouse, or an unmarried dependent child under the age of 18, or a parent aged 60 years or above". [4]
The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme ("QMAS") is a points-based immigration system in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. [1] [2] It was first announced in February 2006, and began accepting applications in June of the same year; by September 2023, more than 20000 people had been admitted to residence in Hong Kong under the scheme.
Visa required if without Hong Kong Permanent Identity Cards. New Caledonia: Visa not required [286] 90 days Northern Mariana Islands: Visa not required [331] Visa free for holders of both Hong Kong Permanent Identity Cards and HKSAR Passport for a stay of less than 45 days. Visa required if without Hong Kong Permanent Identity Cards. Niue
Foreigners who are permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macau and are looking to visit mainland China can apply for multiple-entry travel visas with validity of five years, China's National ...
These events have pushed some residents to leave Hong Kong, including opposition activists fleeing arrest. [15] Both Australia and Canada widened permanent residency pathways for students, skilled workers and asylum seekers from Hong Kong. [16] [17] [18] It has subsequently been estimated that around 500,000 people have left the city between ...
Residence permit has a citizen identification number in the same format as resident identity card. This is the first time that the Chinese government ever assigns a number to residents of these places. [5] The address codes of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the identification number are 810000, 820000 and 830000 respectively.
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.
In 1982, in order to control the border, the British Hong Kong government reached an agreement with the Chinese government, stipulating that mainland residents coming to Hong Kong for residency must hold a one-way permit issued by the Chinese government, with a quota of 75 per day. [8] In 1995, the one-way permit daily quota was raised to 150. [9]