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Author: Zheng Qiuling
2021-03-12 23:29
Last update date: 2021-03-12 23:29
In the evening (12th), the Immigration Department issued a press release stating that it has noticed some messages circulating in social groups that the Immigration Department has recently changed its policy of "Non-Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Resident Status".
The Immigration Department clarified that the relevant legislation came into effect on July 1, 1997, and no changes have been made.
The Immigration Department issued a press release in the evening (12th) to clarify that it has not changed the policy on the status of non-Chinese Hong Kong citizens.
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According to the Immigration Department, since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 1997, in accordance with the seventh paragraph of Schedule 1 to the Immigration Ordinance, "non-Chinese permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" will no longer normally reside in Hong Kong. If you are absent from Hong Kong for 36 consecutive months or more, you will lose your permanent resident status.
As for "Hong Kong permanent residents of Chinese nationality", unless they have applied to the Immigration Department and have been approved to withdraw from Chinese nationality/declare a change of nationality, they are still Chinese citizens. No matter whether they are out of Hong Kong for a long time or not, they will not lose Hong Kong's permanent residence. Sexual resident status.
The Immigration Department emphasized that no changes have been made to the above-mentioned laws since they came into effect. "The relevant rumors are suspected of misleading the public. I hereby clarify."
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