Hi all,
I'm British born to both parents of Hong Kong birth but with British citizenship. I have a HKID with ***A0. I have trawled the forums and the Web and even asked my HK cousins but I'm none the wiser given differing opinions received. To my limited understanding, to qualify for HKSAR, you need the ROA and be defined as a "Chinese citizen". I'm confused with the definition of the latter part. According to Article 5 of Nationality Law of the PRC on the HK gov website:
GovHK: Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China
states the following:
Article 5: Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality.
Do I fall short of Article 5 as both my parents are now living in the UK and have British passports? Or am I Chinese citizen by virtue that both my parents are still HK citizens?
I am grateful if someone can clarify this!
Cheers,
Andy