Mainland Mum in Hong Kong with No ID (yet)

Hi, I am a mainland mum with English husband, and I deliverid in HK, my daughter is turning to 2 now. It was same situation we had, but luckily my husband got insurance to covered private hospital, we applied Matilda when I was 6 weeks pregnant, i didnt have my ID card in that time as it takes so long to apply for,they accepted my passport as a application documents, then I got my ID card when I was 3 months pregnant, so it was all went well.

Just thinking May be you can apply for private hospital now incase that you can't get a spot in public hospital when your wife got an ID card, as it will be too late until her due date?

Or delivery in Shenzhen, you can apply a Depandent visa for your child once she/he born, it takes 4-6 weeks.

Hope that helps, You can PM me if your wife needs any one to talk, it must be so stressful for her.
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For UCH - I'm really surprised. On that website the poster is dated 2010, but the ban on mainland mums came in in April this year. The only posters I've seen at UCH are the big pink/purple ones saying they won't accept any non-eligible bookings. And 'unbooked delivery is dangerous!'

OP: there are some places available for non-residents, which is why they have the cost options, but if I remember correctly it's now only 3000 spaces per year.
 
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Op- just saw your post that says your wife will have her HKID in Jan. If this is so then she will we able to register in Jan at a public hospital in your catchment area and pay the same as every other HKID holder.
 
nicole, no they are not. they can apply for dependent visas only under certain circumstances... hence, all the local men with mainland wives that have to wait 5+ years to live together....
 
HI Carang , if you had read previous posts you will have noted that I am from the Uk hence my wife is here already on a dependent visa and also has the right to a Hong Kong ID card.

this thread has become so long that it is now going in circles and is not focusing on the main point.
 
HI Redestiny, even with ID the rules have changed in 2013 and it would be too late to get a place especially with Chinese new year round the corner.
 
HG19 said:
HI Redestiny, even with ID the rules have changed in 2013 and it would be too late to get a place especially with Chinese new year round the corner.
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Are you sure? I have plenty of HKID holding friends who are due early 2013 and have not yet confirmed whether they will be delivering publicly or privately and no one is concerned. In any event, if she has a HKID a public hospital will not turn her away if she shows up in labour.
 
HG19,
if you had read my post, you would see i was answering a question for Nicolejoy, not you. If your wife has a HKID, the public hospital will NOT turn her away.
 
As long as your wife has a HK ID card when she goes to the public hospital in labour she will only be charged local rates (I paid $150 for me and a bit more for baby as he was in special care for a week - about $350 I think). I suggest you go to a private OBGYN until your wife gets her ID and then register with the public hospital and do at least a couple of check ups with them.
 
if your wife has a dependent visa, why doesn't she have a HKID yet? it doesn't make any sense.... you need to apply for a HKID within a month (i believe) of arriving/obtaining your visa.

also, even if she just has the temporary paper until she gets the real card, she can still register with the public hospital.

public hospitals don't work the same as private ones... they will not turn you away if you are resident....they don't have "quotas" that fill up, the same way as private hospitals have.

i'm really understanding less about the actual situation as you provide more information.
 
Yes agree with Carang, if you wife is here on a dependent visa then it doesn't make sense why she didn't get a HKID in the first place, as on a temporary visa you keep having to exit HK to renew the visa (I came on a dependent visa with my husband from Australia) and that would have been a TOTAL hassle, and it seems as if you guys have been here for some months to half a year from your post.

Irrespective, I think you've had quite a bit of great advice from the ladies and men on this forum i.e. to ask work to write a letter in support of your continuing employment or ask them to renew the contract early ect.

I wouldn't stress out, once your wife gets the HKID she can register in the hospital within her geographical area and it doesn't matter if they are full or otherwise, they will HAVE to take her onboard no matter how far along she is. In the mean time, the antenatal care probably needs to be done in the private (the private don't care if you have a HKID or not - so long as you can pay their fees --> CAPITALISM pure and simple).

I would try and sort it out ASAP though as there are different rules for Mainland women when they marry locals (and I'm not sure if this applies to Mainland ladies who marry non HK residents). Carang is right in that Mainland ladies that marry local HK men are not entitled to live in HK with their husbands for around 5 years, they are issued with visas to visit regularly I think but they can't stay here permanently and certainly can't work here. Moreover, they are NOT entitled to a HKID.
 
HG19 said:
HI Redestiny, even with ID the rules have changed in 2013 and it would be too late to get a place especially with Chinese new year round the corner.
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OP: The rules for those with ID hasn't /isn't changing. The only rule changes apply to non-eligible mums (ie mums without ID). As several posters have already explained, public hospitals will take a mother with an ID card. Full or not, they will take her.

If your wife has a dependent visa in her passport she is now eligible for an ID card. It doesn't matter how many months you have left on your visa - if she has a dependent visa she can get an ID card now.

If, in fact, she doesnt have a dependent visa - you said initially that she holds a right to remain visa - that is a different issue.
 
Hello everyone, I just want to say a big thank you to everyone on this Forum for the help and advice.

My wife now has here ID card and we have a place in a hospital ….Phew.

Basically don’t believe everything you read and don’t be afraid to go and give it a try
 
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