Right of Abode for baby based on Grandparents' Chinese Ethnicity?

Update- we were able to get the Hong Kong passport for our little one! Thanks for all the great responses!

We got the Hong Kong passport, ID card, and a re-entry permit- not sure why, but that's what they said we should get. My Hong Kong ID holding mother-in-law went with my husband to the birth registration (with all her documents) and they put on the form that our baby was "Chinese" so from there I guess it was easy. We were also told we could get a China re-entry card from CTS, but we haven't yet.

FYI- we got one card on the day we registered (in a building near Macau Ferry Terminal- not where the birth registration was). Then we got a receipt to collect the other 2 cards about 1 or 2 weeks later.

This is despite the fact the immigration office told us before our daughter was born, that she would not be able to get a Hong Kong passport, etc based on her grandmother's Hong Kong ID.
 
Hi Inkmink,
Could you please drop me a private message and let me know how to get the same document for my expected newborn? My husband and I are foreigh passport holders holding temp HKID. I am ethinic Chinese and Husband is not.

Thanks a lot
 
Your baby would get HK passport based on the fact she/he was born here. It is a birth right,,,isn't it? That's why there is so much problem with main,and mommies having children here...my friends helper gave birth here and the baby got the HKSAr passport...
 
Not all children born in HK are eligible for HKSAR passport, only those who are ethnically (or partly ethnically) Chinese. Expats whose kids are born here are not eligible for HKSAR passport, nor are domestic helpers' kids (unless they can prove that either they or the father have some Chinese blood). Mainlanders, on the other hand, are.
 
Yes, agree with nicolejoy. I'm not an expert, but as far as I know, the following criteria must be met:

1. baby is born in hong kong
2. chinese heritage (proven by some documents- for example my MIL hong kong id card). Not sure of the different ways ethnicity can be proven.

good luck everyone!
 
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