Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport
香港特别行政區護照
Cover of the latest version of an HKSAR biometric passport (2007–present)
TypePassport
Issued byImmigration Department
First issued1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) (first version)
1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) (second version)
5 February 2007 (2007-02-05) (first biometric version)
14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) (second biometric version)
EligibilityPermanent residents of Hong Kong who are also Chinese citizens
Expiration10 years after acquisition for adults aged 16 or over, 5 years for children under age of 16
CostFor persons aged 16 or above:

32 pages – HK$370
48 pages – HK$460

For children aged under 16:
32 pages – HK$185
48 pages – HK$230

Amendments to the passport: (including amendment of personal particulars or photograph) – HK$84[1]
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport
Traditional Chinese香港特别行政區護照
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng dahk biht hàhng jing kēui wuh jiu
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 wu6 ziu3

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport (Chinese: 香港特別行政區護照) is a passport issued only to permanent residents of Hong Kong who also hold Chinese citizenship.[2] In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, since the handover in 1997, the passport has been issued by the Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong under the authorisation of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. As the official languages of Hong Kong are Chinese and English, the passport is printed bilingually in both Chinese (traditional characters) and English. In addition, unlike Chinese passport which can be issued by Chinese diplomatic missions abroad, the Immigration Department of Hong Kong is the only issuing authority for HKSAR passports.

In late 2019, the fourth version of the HKSAR passport was launched.[3]

  1. ^ "Fee Tables | Immigration Department". www.immd.gov.hk.
  2. ^ "GovHK: HKSAR Passport". Retrieved 7 January 2010. Note that: The passport is referred to both as the HKSAR Passport and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport.
  3. ^ "New Hong Kong passport to come with security updates, including designs visible only under UV light | South China Morning Post". Scmp.com. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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