HKSAR passport for baby born in HK?

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bagel

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Hello,

I read the government website about birth certificate for HK born babies and I understand that they automatically have right of abode or permanent residency status until they are 21. After which they have to apply for it and get it again? Is my understanding correct?
My son will have a EU passport through his father who is also a Permanent Resident of HK. My question is: does HK issue a HKSAR passport to babies born here? If so, is there any advantage for my son to carry a HKSAR passport as well (since this EU country allows dual citizenship)?
Thanks for any insights.
 
I'm in the process of applying for an sar passport. My son also has an Australian passport but everytime he travels we have to bring his original birth certificate to get re entry into hk, it's a real pain. I know there is some sort of re entry permit you can apply for as well to go into the foreign passport but I thought I might as well get him the sar passport.

There are about 4 forms I have to fill in though.
 
babies born to a chinese citizen who is also a PR of hong kong are eligible for an HKSAR passport.

if neither you nor your husband are chinese, you are NOT entitled to the passport.
 
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Thanks for the clarification regarding HKSAR passport. But babies born here to foreign parents have permanent residency automatically, correct? And is this on their national passport, since they don't get a HKID until age 11?
 
no, they don't. if parents are on a work visa, then they need to apply for a dependent visa.

i'm not sure how it works for PRs who are not chinese...i'm not sure if baby needs to get dependent visa first and then after 7 years apply for PR like everyone else or what. (i don't think that they are automatically PRs too... but I could be wrong)

if i were you, i would contact immigration directly. they are the only ones who can give you the definitive answers to all of your questions.

you've piqued my interest now... i'm going to root around the Immig website to see if i can find more information...
 
On the HKSAR passport application, they also ask if you hold any other passports. If you answer yes, then I believe they won't give you a SAR one (happened to a friend of mine).
 
but, if neither you nor hubby are chinese, you'll not get an hksar passport anyway.... so really, a moot point.
 
HKSAR does not allow for dual citizenship so actually if you have another nationality (thus holding another passport), they will not issue you a HKSAR one. I know of friends who got around this problem by:
1) applying for their child's HKSAR ppt before applying for others or
2) lying on their application

Those that did the above were granted HKSAR ppts. However a friend who truthfully answered her child held a (Canadian) ppt was not subsequently approved for the HKSAR one.

As Carang says, all the above were Chinese (not Caucasian).
 
Have done a little more digging and apparently there is a little more to it: it appears that while the Chinese government does not allow for dual nationality, there is a special clause where native-born HK citizens are allowed a second passport -but this is regarded as simply a travel document. However those whose native born citizenship is not Chinese will have to renounce their native citizenship first.
 
We wanted to get our son (PR by birth) a return home permit, so it will be easier to travel in and out of China instead of using his EU passport plus visas. We queried at CTSHK and apparently we can only apply if he has a HKSAR passport. So that's one reason for getting it.
Curious as to how this administratively works when we don't want him to lose his EU nationality. What is the definition of citizenship by the way?
 
If your husband is a PR AND of Chinese descent then your child is eligible for a HKSAR passport regardless of having another citizenship. This is the general understanding... If your husband is not Chinese then you can forget about the passport, however your child does have right of abode with the birth cert I believe. My daughter has an American passport and HKsar passport because I was born in HK and Chinese. My husband is American and there is no conflict with having dual passports.
 
I don't think HK PR is considered a 'citizenship' per se...just a status of abode. A Chinese citizen is entirely different...you are considered a PRC national and not a Hong Kong native although Hong Kong natives of Chinese descent are eligible for Chinese citizenship...there are special circumstances however like Allan Zeman. Confusing? Yea a bit.
 
and to get a HKSAR passport, you have to be a chinese national (zeman gave up his other citizenships in order to naturalise as a chinese citizen and thereby gain an HKSAR passport).... to get PR, you don't...
 
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