Before you submit an application for a HKSAR Passport, read the definitions below to ascertain if you are a person of Chinese nationality and a permanent resident of the HKSAR.

In addition, if you are a permanent resident of the HKSAR but do not have a Hong Kong permanent identity card, you must apply for an identity card before you apply for a HKSAR Passport.

• Application for Hong Kong identity card
  http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/idcard/index.htm

You are regarded as a person of Chinese nationality if you are a Hong Kong resident:

(a) of Chinese descent who was born in Hong Kong or other parts of China; or

(b) who fulfils the criteria of Chinese nationality in the Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China.

If you have declared a change of nationality and are no longer a Chinese national, you are not eligible for a HKSAR Passport.

• Nationality Law of the People’s Republic of China
  http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/chnnationality_1.htm
• Explanations Concerning the Implementation of the Nationality Law of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR
  http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/chnnationality_2.htm
• More about Chinese nationality
  http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/chinese/index.htm

A person who is within one of the following categories is a permanent resident of the HKSAR:

(a) A Chinese citizen born in Hong Kong before or after the establishment of the HKSAR;

(b) A Chinese citizen who has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than seven years before or after the establishment of the HKSAR;

(c) A person of Chinese nationality born outside Hong Kong before or after the establishment of the HKSAR to a parent who, at the time of birth of that person, was a Chinese citizen falling within category (a) or (b) above.

• More about HKSAR permanent residents who enjoy right of abode in HKSAR
  http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/topical_3_4.htm