Guidance Notes on Overseas Application for HKSAR Passport
for Applicant aged 16 or above Applying outside HKSAR
1Eligibility
You are eligible for an HKSAR passport if you are:
a) a Chinese citizen;
b) permanent resident of the HKSAR; and
c) a holder of a valid Hong Kong permanent identity card.
2Validity
The passport is normally valid for 10 years unless otherwise specified.
3 Documentary requirements and Fee
i. Completed passport application form (ID 843);
ii. Your Hong Kong permanent identity card;
iii. 3 recent colour photographs (must be with white background). (Please refer to the Photograph Requirements Leaflet); and
iv. Application fee (Please refer to payment methods at note 5);
Other requirements
v. For passport application due to damage or loss, you have to submit the
application in person and complete the form ID 645; for passport application due to damage, you have to produce the damaged passport for inspection;
Additional requirements (For applicants aged 16 or 17)
vi. Consenting parent or legal guardian’s Hong Kong identity card or valid
travel document; and
vii. Your birth certificate to prove the relationship between the consenting parent
and you, or a court order, if appropriate, to prove that the consenting. legal
guardian has custodial rights in respect of you; or
viii. If you are married, only your marriage certificate is required. Parental or
legal guardian’s consent and items (vi)…(vii) are not required:
Additional requirements (For applicants who do not hold Hong Kong
permanent identity cards)
ix. An additional photograph (4 identical photographs should be submitted in
total);
x. Application form for Hong Kong permanent identity card [Applicant of age
of 18 years or above should use (ROP 143). For applicant under the age
of 18 years, (ROP 144) should be used, the form should be duly completed
and signed by the parent or legal guardian); and
xi. Documents in support of your right or abode in HKSAR (for example, Hong
Kong birth certificate which shows Hong Kong permanent resident status was established).
a) Form lD 843, ID 645, ROP 143 and ROP 144 are downloadable at the website
www.immd.gov.hk; and
b) Additional documents or information may be required if necessary. An
application with insufficienr supporting documents, or sub-standard photograph will
not be processed and will be returned to the applicant.
4 Application Channels
4.1 Through Chinese Diplomatic and Consular Missions (CDCMs)
You may submit your application and the supporting documents listed at note
3 to the nearest CDCMs. The application will be forwarded to the HKSAR
Immigration Department for processing.
4.2 Submit directly to the HKSAR Immigration Department
a)Online
If you are aged 16 or above holding valid Hong Kong permanent identity
card, you can submit your application via the internet. For details, please visit
http://www.gov.hk/passport.
b) By Post
You can send your application by post to:
Travel Documents and Nationality (Application) Section
4th Floor, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road. Wan Chai. Hong Kong
If you submit your application by post, please send in the application form,
photographs and cheque along with photostat copies of the supporting documents
listed at note 3 above. All photostat copies submitted should be made on A4 size
(210mm x 297mm) paper and will not be returned. No cash, no original documents
or previous travel documents should be sent along with the application.
5. Payment Methods
Passport fee is payable at the time of application. The application of fee does not
constitute any assurance that the passport applied for will be issued.
Application Channel
Submit to CDCMs
Online / By post to HKSAR
immigration Department
ID(E) 843A (10/2009)
Pay to HKSAR
Immigration Department
Passport
Delivery
fee
charge
Pay to
CDCMs
Handling
charge
ID(E) 843A
If you submit your application and collect your HKSAR passport at CDCMs, you
are required to pay;
a To CDCMs–the cost in forwarding the application to the HKSAR Immigration Department and any associated handling charges. Please enquire about the up-to-date charges from the CDCMs in your place of domicile; and
b To the HKSAR Government - an additional charge for the delivery of the passport
from the HKSAR to the respective CDCMs. Up-to-date charges are available
in Fees Notice Form (ID 852). Crossed cheque’ or bank draft in Hong Kong
dollar or US dollar should be payable to “The Government of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region”. Post-dated cheque is not accepted. For cheque
or bank draft not drawn on a bank in the HKSAR or not in the H KSAR
currency, a bank handling charge [please refer to the Fee Payment Form
(ID853)] is required. Alternatively, you may assign a local representative to pay the fees on your behalf. Please provide your local representative’s name and contact telephone number in the application form for this purpose.
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Collection Methods
Application Channel
Collection Office
Your passport wiII be deIivered by double
registered airmail or express despatch service to
Submit to CDCMs
relevant CDCM for issue. Please confirm with
relevant CDCM for collection arrangement.
The Immigration Department will post I e-mail
(online
application only) you a notification of the
Online / By post to HKSAR
date and office for the collection of your passport.
immigration Department
You must attend in person to collect your passport
at the specified HKSAR Immigration Office.
a) The original copies of supporting documents m the application should be
submitted for verification if only the photostat copies of them had been
produced in the application.
b) If you have previously held an HKSAR passport or a Document of Identity
for Visa Purposes, such document should be produced for cancellation upon
collection of the new HKSAR passport.
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Processing Time
An application without standard photographs. full supporting documents or payment
will not be processed. After all necessary documents, application fee and photographs
are received the processing time will be as follows:
Application
Channel
Submit to CDCMs
Normal
processing
time
Additional time required
4 to 6
weeks
The time for forwarding the application and
dispatching the prepared passport is excluded.
It will take about 6 to 8 weeks for processing
a HKSAR passport application if you do not
have a valid HK permanent identity card.
By post to HKSAR
Immigration
Department
Online to HKSAR 10 working An extra 2 to 3 working days may be required
for handling formalities. (Applicant should
Immigration
days*
hold a valid HK permanent identity card.)
Department
* Working days denote Monday to friday excluding General Holidays .
Whether the above pledge can be met will depend on the circumstances of individual
application and the number of applications received at a particular time. If you
have any travel plans. please apply early.
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Other Information
8.1 Urgent travel
If you have an urgent need for obtaining a passport, you should state the request and the
reason on the application form as “additional information”, and seek advice
from the nearest CDCMs. In case of emergency, for example, you wish to
return to Hong Kong immediately after you have lost your passport, you may
approach the nearest CDCMs. You may also contact the Assistance to Hong
Kong Residents Unit of the HKSAR Immigration Department through the
24-hour hotline (852) 1868 for assistance. Generally, requests from pleasure
trippers for urgent issue of a passport will not be entertained.
8.2 Take good care of your passport
Illegal transfer of passport is a criminal offence. Any person who is guilty of the
offence shall be liable to imprisonment for 14 years and to a fine of $150,000.
Passport application due to loss takes lime and money. In the event of loss of
your passport outside Hong Kong, you may contact our 24-hour hot line (852)
1868 for assistance.
8.3 Enquiry channels
Information & Liaison Section
2nd Floor, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wall Chai, Hong Kong
Tel.: 2824 6111
Fax.: 2877 7711
E-mail: enquiry@immd.gov.hk Website: www.immd.gov.hk
8.4 Address and telephone numbers of CD)CMs
You may access the website: www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/default.htm
This Guidance Notes (ID(E) 843A), Application Form (ID 843), the Fees
Notice (lD 852), Fee Payment Form (lD 853) and Photograph Requirements
Leaflet are issued free of charge.
Guide to fill up the Passport Application Form (ID 843)
Part 1 - Type of Passport
Please select the type of passport as appropriate.
Part 2 - Type of Application
Please select the type of application as appropriate.
First application - For applicants who have never been issued with an HKSAR passport
Replacement - For applicants who were issued with an HKSAR passport before
Application due to loss/damage/amendment of personal particulars
Part 3 - Personal Particulars
$OO personal particulars in this section must be the same as shown on your Hong Kong permanent
identity card.
If you were born in Mainland, you should provide the name of the province, municipality or autonomous region
(e.g. Guangdong) at which you were born at the “Place of Birth” column.
If you were born in overseas, you should provide the country name (e.g. Canada).
Part 4 - Additional Information (if any)
If you wish to add your alias on the new passport, please produce relevant proof of identity to support your
request, and provide information here.
Part 5 - Consent from Parent or Legal Guardian of Applicant under 18 Years of Age
Unless you are married and can produce your marriage certificate, if you are under 18, your parent or legal
guardian should complete this part and sign.
Mother
(whose rights in respect of the applicant have not been limited in any way by the order of any court)
Father
(whose rights in respect of the applicant have not been limited in any way by the order of any court)
Legal guardian (by court order)
(who has to produce a court order to show that he/she has the custodial rights in respect of the applicant)
Legal Guardian (by authorisation)
(who has to produce an authorisation letter to show that he/she is being authorised by either the
consenting parent or legal guardian to apply for a HKSAR passport on behalf of the applicant,
for authorisation by legal guardian, a court order to show that he/she has the custodial rights in respect of the applicant has to be produced.)
Part 6 - Declaration of Applicant
You should complete and sign the declaration before you submit your application.
Immigration Department
The Government of the HKSAR
ID(E) 843A (10/2009)
香港特別行政區政府入境事務處
注意
(i)
Note:
Immigration Department, the Government of
(ii)
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
香港特別行政區護照申請書
警告
(適用於十六歲或以上人士在香港以外地區的申請)
Warning:
Application for HKSAR Passport
(For persons 16 years of age or above applying outside Hong Kong)
1.
三十二頁 32 pages 或 or
護照類別
Type of Passport
四十八頁 48 pages
3. 個人資料 Personal Particulars (以香港永久性居民身份證所載者為準
姓 (英文)
Surname in Chinese
Surname in English
名 (中文)
名 (英文)
Given names in Chinese
Given names in English
男
Male
It is an offence in law to furnish any false statement
or information relating to this application.
出生日期
女
Female
Date of birth
日 dd
月 mm
年 yyyy
簽發日期 Date of issue
( )
香港永久性居民身份證號碼
HK permanent identity card no.
日 dd
月 mm
年 yy
出生地點 Place of birth
香港
Hong Kong
中國
China
其他國家
Other
country
現時住址
換領 Replacement 或 or
因遺失／損毀／更改個人資料的申請 Application due to loss /
damage / amendment of personal particulars
As stated on Hong Kong permanent identity card )
姓 (中文)
性別
Sex
如就此項申請作出虛假陳述或填報失實資料，即屬違法。
首次申請 First application 或 or
申請類別
Type of Application
2.
請用黑色或藍色筆以正楷填寫本申請書。
Please complete this form in BLOCK letters using black or blue pen.
請在適當方格內填上「」號。
Please tick as appropriate.
內地 in Mainland
其他省、直轄市或自治區
Other province, municipality
or autonomous region
(
澳門
Macau
)
此欄由辦理
機關處理
For Official
Use Only
(請註明名稱 Please state name)
(請註明國家名稱 Please state country name only)
(請於邊界內填寫)
聯絡電話號碼
Contact telephone no.
Present address (Please fill in within border)
香港聯絡人姓名(如適用)
Name of Representative in H.K.(if applicable)
香港諮詢人電話號碼(如適用)
Representative’s H.K. tel. no. (if applicable)
4. 附加資料(如有) Additional Information (if any)
香港聯絡人住址(如適用) Representative’s address in H.K. (if applicable)
5. 未滿十八歲申請人的父、母或合法監護人同意書 Consent from Parent or Legal Guardian for Applicant under 18 Years of Age
本人，即下開簽署人，現謹此聲明:
I, the undersigned, declare that:
(1)
本人乃申請人的: My relationship with the applicant is
母親
父親
法庭頒令監護人
mother
father
legal guardian (by court order)
獲授權的監護人
legal guardian (by authorsation)
(2) 本人對申請人的監護權並未受任何法院頒令所限制。
My rights in respect of the applicant have not been limited in any way by the order of
any court.
(3) 本人同意此護照申請。
I consent to this application for the issue of a passport to him/her.
中文姓名
Name in Chinese
本人的香港身份證號碼
HK identity card no.
英文姓名
Name in English
如非香港居民，請填寫旅行證件
類別及號碼：
For non-Hong Kong resident, please
state travel document type & no.:
日期
Date
日 dd
月 mm
年 yyyy
My My
(
)
簽署
Signature
6. 申請人聲明書 Declaration of Applicant
本人，即下開簽署人，現謹此聲明: I, the undersigned, declare that:
(1)
本人是中國公民及本人從未向香港入境事務處作出變更國籍的聲明。
I am a Chinese citizen and I have not made any declaration of change of nationality to the Immigration
Department, Hong Kong.
(3) 就本人所知及相信，此申請書所填報的資料均屬正確無誤。
The information given in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(4) 本人同意為處理此申請而須進行的任何查詢。
I consent to the making of any enquiries necessary for the processing of this application.
(2) 本人作此申請時身在
When I make this application, I am staying in
(請填寫國家名稱 Please state name of country)
簽署
Signature
日期
Date
日 dd
ID843(10/2009)
月 mm
年 yyyy
注意 Note: 請於邊界內簽署 Please sign within border
收集資料的目的 Purpose of Collection
申請書內所提供的個人資料，會供入境事務
處作下列一項或多項用途﹕
一 辦理你的申請﹔
二 實行/執行《入境條例》(第 115 章)及《入
境事務隊條例》(第 331 章)的相關條文規
定，以及履行 入境管 制職務，藉此 協助
其他政府決策 局和部 門執行其他法 例和
規例﹔
三 在有關人士向 入境事 務處提出申請 並提
名你為保證人 或諮詢 人時，將你的 資料
供作核對用途；
四 供作統計及研 究用途 ，但所得的統 計數
字或研究成果 ，不會 以能辨識各有 關的
資料當事人或 其中任 何人的身份的 形式
提供；以及
五 供作法例規定 、授權 或准許的其他 合 法
用途。
就有關申請提供個人資料純屬自願。若你未
能提供足夠資料，本處可能無法辦理你的申
請。
資料轉交的類別
為達到上述目的，你在申請書內所提供的個
人資料，或會向其他政府決策局和部門及其
他機構披露。
查閱個人資料
根據《個人資料(私隱)條例》第 18 及 22 條，
以及附表 1 第 6 項原則，你有權要求查閱及
改正個人資料。你的查閱權利包括在繳交有
關費用後，索取你在申請書內所填報的個人
資料的副本。
如欲查詢申請書內的個人資料，包括查閱或
改正，可向下列人員提出﹕
香港灣仔告士打道 7 號入境事務大樓 4 樓
總入境事務主任（旅行證件及國籍）申請
電話﹕2829 3083
The personal data provided in the application form
will be used by Immigration Department for one or
more of the following purposes:(a) to process your application;
(b) to administer/enforce relevant provisions of
the Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115);
Immigration Service Ordinance (Chapter
331) and to assist in the enforcement of any
other Ordinances and Regulations by other
government bureaux and departments
through carrying out immigration control
duties;
(c) to process other’s application for
immigration facilities in which you are
named as a sponsor or referee;
(d) for statistics and research purposes on the
condition that the resulting statistics or
results of the research will not be made
available in a form which will identify the
data subjects or any of them; and
(e) any other legitimate purposes as may be
required, authorised or permitted by law.
The provision of personal data in the process of
your application is voluntary. If you do not
provide sufficient information, we may not be able
to process your application.
Classes of Transferees
The personal data you provide may be disclosed to
government bureaux, departments and other
organisations for the purposes mentioned above.
Access to Personal Data
You have a right to request access to and correction
of your personal data as provided for in sections 18
and 22 and Principle 6 of Schedule 1 of the
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Your right of
access includes the right to obtain a copy of your
personal data provided in the application form
subject to payment of a fee.
Enquiries concerning the personal data collected
by means of the application form, including
making of access and corrections, should be
addressed to :
Chief Immigration Officer
(Travel Documents and Nationality) Application
4/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Tel: 2829 3083