To apply for your Hong Kong Identity card, contact the Immigration Department.
Working Visa
A working visa is required in order to work in Hong Kong. If you are being transferred to Hong Kong with a corporation, the company’s human resources department
or the designee may handle the necessary paperwork for securing a work permit. Once you have received your HKID, you are required by law to carry it with you at
all times.
It takes on average about six weeks for Hong Kong Immigration to process a visa application.
Immigration Department
Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road
Wan Chai
Tel: 2824 6111
Website:
www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/index.htm
Open 8:45 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday; and 9:00 am - 11:30 am on Saturday.
Entry Visa for Mainland China
Visitors to Hong Kong who plan to travel to the Chinese mainland from Hong Kong will need China entry visa. The China entry visa can be obtained from the Visa office
of the China Travel Service (Hong Kong) Limited,
http://www.ctshk.com/english/index.htm
or through a Chinese diplomatic and consular mission in the applicants’ place of residence. Leading travel agents can also assist in obtaining a China visa.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card.
To enhance the mobility of business travellers within the APEC economies, if you reside in Hong Kong SAR and hold a permanent Identify card and a valid national
passport, you may apply for the APEC business travel card, cardholders are able to enjoy a streamlined immigration clearance at the control points of economies
participating in this scheme.
Becoming a Permanent Resident
After seven years of continuous residence in Hong Kong, expatriates are entitled to apply for permanent resident status, ensuring unlimited entry, the right to
vote in Hong Kong elections and the right to stand for elected office.