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Home Return Permit

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I had the HK ID but when I try to apply for the ~{;XOgV$~} they say I am not qualify because I was not born in HK or China.

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There is no HK citizenship because it is not a country.

HK residents with Chinese nationality can apply for Home Return Permit. Many HK Chinese actually do not apply visa/permit when working in Mainland China. Applying one should be easy.

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Yes the home return permit is what I meant.
Do Hong Kong residents with a home return permit need other visa or permits to work in China?

Since I am in Shanghai right now, it seems like Wikipedia is behind a firewall or blocked.

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Here is some of the information from the wikipedia page for you:

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Home Return Permit (Simplified Chinese: 回乡证; Traditional Chinese: 回鄉證; pinyin: Huíxiāng Zhèng), also referred to as Home Visit Permit, or China Back Home Pass, is the colloquial name for the national identity document officially known as the Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents (pinyin: Gǎng-Aò Jūmín Láiwǎng Nèidì Tōngxíngzhèng) issued to citizens of Hong Kong and Macao as the entry permit to mainland China. The permit is issued by the Public Security Bureau of Guangdong province through China Travel Service sub-branches in Hong Kong and Macao and allows holders to travel freely to and take up employment in mainland China.

History

Before the transfer of sovereignty, home return permits were issued to any ethnic Chinese person in Hong Kong or Macao.

Prior to 1999, permits resembled a passport. The name is known as Home-Visiting Certificate for Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao ( pinyin: Gǎng-Ào Tóngbaō Huíxiāng Zhèng). These booklets were considered inconvenient, because they were large and cumbersome to carry around. Furthermore, the booklets were also found to be inefficient because they could only be used at manned checkpoints where a manual stamp could only be made by an immigration official. Thus they are being phased out as residents replace them upon expiration.

In 1999, the permit has resembled a card and the official name has change from Home-Visiting Certificate for Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao (Simplified Chinese: 港澳同胞回乡证; Traditional Chinese: 港澳同胞回鄉證; pinyin: Gǎng-Ào Tóngbaō Huíxiāng Zhèng) to Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents ( pinyin: Gǎng-Aò Jūmín Láiwǎng Nèidì Tōngxíngzhèng).

Appearance

The current permit is a wallet-sized card which facilitates entry into China at any manned immigration checkpoint or through self-service electronic gates (currently available only at Hong Kong-Shenzhen and Macao-Zhuhai crossings). These gates read the permit cards with an optical reader and use biometric software to match thumb prints and facial scans with those on record.citation needed

Validity

Most adult permits are valid for 10 years and minors under 18 years old are issued permits for three years. Temporary permits are given for practical reasons, such as when a person's permit has expired and the replacement has not arrived. There have been instances of limited single and double entry home visit permits issued due to political reasons. For instance, controversial individuals such as pro-democracy politicians--often from Hong Kong--are only issued single visit permits.

Nationality of holders

A home return permit constitutes proof of PRC citizenship; however, not all PRC citizens in Hong Kong or Macao have a home return permit. Unlike a compulsory Hong Kong identity card, application for a home return permit is voluntary.

They are still eligible for an HKSAR passport issued by the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, or an MSAR passport by the Macao Government. The SAR passports are only issued to PRC citizens with the Right of Abode in Hong Kong or Macao. The HKSAR passport allows travel to foreign countries and regions. Note that the HKSAR passport may not be used for travel to Macao; and while it is not to be used as a travel document for travel to Taiwan, it is nonetheless used in conjunction with the entry permit issued by the Taiwanese authorities so to prove the identity of the holder. PRC citizens holding an HKSAR passport cannot use the SAR passport to enter the Chinese mainland. The HKSAR Government has once stated that "in line with the one country principle, it was considered inappropriate to adopt HKSAR passport as a travel document to enter the Mainland"[1].

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I think officially HK residents (who are Chinese citizens - ie not Indians, other Asians and Westerners) need a permit to work in Mainland China. But they don't need a permit to visit Tibet for example. Also, if you are a little out spoken then you probably won't get any permit (ie Emily Lau and others).

I've had to delete some of the Chinese as thorntree won't accept it. Not sure why.

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it says...

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The permit is issued by the Public Security Bureau of Guangdong province through China Travel Service sub-branches in Hong Kong and Macao and allows holders to travel freely to and take up employment in mainland China.

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Thank you everyone!
The information is very helpful!

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