Hi everyone,
I visited WanChai Immigration tower today to collect my HKID adult ID card. I never had a juvenile card. I've got no stars with the RO status.
When I went through the verification of right of abode/permanent resident, they told me that I had Right of Abode/was an permanent HK resident since birth but because of several reasons, I've lost that status and has now been downgraded down to Right to land.
From what I've gathered, R means I have Right To Land and O means I was born outside of HK.
The question is, do I have to return back to HK every 3 years in order to keep my current Right to land status? I've asked someone at the immigration tower, they said I have the Right to land status so this 3 years rule doesn't apply to me. He also told me that if I had to come back every 3 years, someone would have told me during my process of making the HKID. However, I have a few friend who also has a RO status ID and they've been told that they must go back to HK every 3 years? Maybe they've mistaken CO instead of RO? This is what's confusing me..
many thanks all!