Home Return Permit - First Time Application Difficulties

[Kish342]

Hello Friends,

I have just given up my Indian nationality and applied for a hksar passport which I will collect on 18th sept.
Unknown of the fact that hksar passport cannot get a china visa, I applied for hk passport when I badly néed to travel to china for the upcoming canton fair.
If any of you have such experience please share. Is there any single entry permit for urgent travel to china ? As I understand home return card takes at least 2months.

Please help if anyone can guide.

Kish

[Morrison]

There is, just go to CTS to apply.
Tou can apply hRTP at the same time.

But yo need a Name in Chinese on the HK ID to apply.

[Kish342]

Thank you Morrison.

I will speak to cts and try my luck.

Regards
Kish

[Morrison]

hurry up, the faster you need it the higher the fee！！！

[Kish342]

I have to wait till I get my hk passport on 18th sep. I want to enter china on 14th october.
Let's hope I get it.

[Kish342]

Thank you Morrison for your help.

I went to CTS yesterday and yes you were right they do have a single entry permit.

I will be applying for the same tomorrow.

[uriengill]

I also got my HRP in 3 weeks. I saw on this website, how others got a 1-4 month delay, just for verification of the sheng ming shu, and after the delay, they had to make a 2nd trip to HK, just to apply for an HRP, and then wait 3 weeks. I also saw that the requirements now were HKID, HK Passport, and HK birth certificate. So I was psychologically prepared of what I had to face when I went to HK in November...

I was born in HK with ***AZ on my HKID, HK passport and US passport. I also brought my HK birth certificate. At the CTS in Kowloon Bay, I 1st presented HKID, and HK passport. Agent 1, seeing I got my HKID only 4 years ago, asked to see my foreign passport. I showed my US. She then gave me the HRP form, and sheng ming shu to fill out. She said the sheng ming shu was because of my recent issuance of my HKID. However, I was also allowed to apply at the same time.

After filling out, with help from staff that was walking around, I finally turned in my applications. At the end I was told the birth certificate was not necessary, since I never changed my name (only if you changed your name, then they will require the birth certificate).

In a not so related matter, my friend was also allowed to pick up my HRP for me, since I won't be in HK by the time it's ready (I assumed 2-5 months). To do this, both mine and his HKID, and also the receipt needs to be copied on 1 paper, and he must keep the original receipt. But my friend got a call from them, and picked it up in just 3 weeks after I applied.

So in conclusion, I was able to turn in everything on the single visit, and unlike others, I didn't need to return to HK for a 2nd time, just to apply. I was so happy...

[wunder]

@uriengill -- Lucky you!

It might vary from CTS location to CTS location what is required. For anyone else applying, to be completely safe, I still suggest bringing:

HKPID
HKSAR Passport
Original HK Birth Certificate
Foreign Passport (if any)

[uriengill]

@wunder,

On this forum, i saw a couple of others just like, or better than me. They had to fill sheng ming shu, but were also able to do everything in 1 shot. I put the same post there. BTW, did you ever change your name?

https://hongkong.geoexpat.com/forum/...ead299766.html

[wunder]

At the end I was told the birth certificate was not necessary, since I never changed my name (only if you changed your name, then they will require the birth certificate).

Note I have never changed my name either -- All of my names are exactly the same on my HKPID and HKSAR Passport, and I was still asked to produce my original HK Birth Certificate.