• Right of abode in Hong Kong entitles a person to live and work in the territory without any restrictions or conditions of stay. Someone who has that right...
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    having the right to land or right of abode in Hong Kong, nationals of all countries and territories require entry permits or visas from the Hong Kong Immigration...
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  • status in Hong Kong because most citizen rights are associated with the right of abode. However, Hong Kong permanent residents are not entitled to a Hong Kong...
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  • duration of residency in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong permanent identity card is a class of HKID issued to Hong Kong residents who have the right of abode (ROA)...
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    the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Hong Kong and Macao residents for entry to Taiwan Right of abode in Hong Kong Hongkongers Lord Goldsmith QC Citizenship...
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  • restrictions. Right of abode in Hong Kong entitles a person to live and work in the territory without any restrictions or conditions of stay. Someone...
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    British National (Overseas) passport (category Hong Kong and the Commonwealth of Nations)
    automatically grant the right of abode anywhere (including the United Kingdom and Hong Kong). BN(O) holders would have had right of abode in Hong Kong before 1 July...
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    predecessor model. Residents from mainland China do not have the right of abode in Hong Kong, nor can they enter the territory freely, both before and after...
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  • region was a colony of Portugal and right of abode was tied to Portuguese nationality law. Although Macau, mainland China, and Hong Kong constitute a single...
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    stay (i.e. possess the right to land) who do not have the right of abode in Hong Kong Those who have the right of abode in Hong Kong and hold a permanent...
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    Hong Kongers Hong Kongers in the United Kingdom Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories Right of abode in Hong Kong Emigration from Hong Kong "Hong...
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  • of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the...
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    years old, a Hong Kong permanent resident who is a Chinese citizen with right of abode in Hong Kong, and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous...
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    Education in Hong Kong used to be largely modelled on that of the United Kingdom, particularly the English system. Since 2012, the overhaul of secondary...
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    tourism in Hong Kong had been increasing. Pregnant mainland women seeking to give birth in Hong Kong, specifically to benefit from the right of abode. Their...
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    whereby the Governor of Hong Kong invited certain classes of people, who were permanent residents of Hong Kong with the right of abode, and who were also...
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    of Hong Kong under the British Nationality Act (Hong Kong) 1990. After handover, all PRC citizens with the right of abode in Hong Kong (holding Hong Kong...
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  • Mainland Chinese (category Society of Hong Kong)
    is a permanent resident of the HKSAR and enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong". But in 1999, the Court of Final Appeal of HKSAR made a judgment that...
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  • of Final Appeal ruled against the amendment. This ruling immediately granted up to 300,000 people in mainland China the right of abode in Hong Kong,...
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    do not have automatic right of abode there or in Hong Kong, but all BN(O)s would have had permanent resident status in Hong Kong when they acquired this...
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    SAR passports are only issued to Chinese nationals with the right of abode in Hong Kong or Macau. The HKSAR passport or MSAR passport allows the holder...
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    in Hong Kong, these workers are not treated as ordinary residents and do not have the right of abode in the territory. Sex trafficking in Hong Kong is...
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  • This entitles their children to the right of abode in Hong Kong as well as the opportunity to benefit from Hong Kong's education system. These pregnant women...
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    The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA or CFA) is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, upon the establishment...
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  • which states that the holder has the right of abode in Hong Kong. Countries that allowed Hong Kong Certificate of Identity holders to visit without visas:...
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    2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to...
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  • a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card as well as the right of abode. The Basic Law allows residents to acquire right of abode by birth in Hong Kong, or...
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    helpers in Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港外籍家庭傭工) are domestic workers employed by Hongkongers, typically families. Comprising five percent of Hong Kong's population...
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    citizens of the People's Republic of China (PRC) born in the territory are permanent residents of the territory and have the right of abode in Hong Kong. The...
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    valid Hong Kong permanent identity card, which guaranteed the holder's right of abode in Hong Kong. Such persons would continue to have right of abode or...
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