My father was born in HK and has a HKPIC with ROA. I was born in the US after 1983 and before 1997 and hold a US passport. I'll be making a trip to HK shortly and would like to apply for RTL if I can.
What do I need to bring to apply for RTL? I haven't been able to get a non-form answer from HK immigration. I'm thinking: 1) my birth certificate, 2) my parents' marriage certificate, 3) my father's birth certificate, 4) my father's HKID, 5) my US passport. Anything else? I don't qualify for ROA because I was away from HK for more than 3 years after 1997 - but they still want to see my old passport stamps?
I believe the legal basis is that I was by descent a "British Dependent Territories Citizen with ROA in HK" before the handover, and that my father's birth in HK is sufficient to prove this. He left HK at an early age no longer has his former British passport and was naturalized as a US citizen before my birth. Will this be an issue?
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10-05-2008, 03:37 PM #1
Applying for RTL - What do I need?
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11-05-2008, 08:00 AM #2
I was asked to bring everything you listed except for marriage certificates (both my parents were born in Hong Kong). In addition, they asked for the BDTC passports of my parents which contains their landing papers to Canada and also their naturalisation certificates.
You might need your father's BDTC passport because it cantains his record of landing in the United States. It will tell them if he was settled (holding a green card) in the US at the time you were born, which determines whether or not you're a Chinese citizen. I'm not sure if it is absolutely required but I would contact the IMMD and see if it's needed to establish your RTL. I was asked to present both my parent's BDTC passports when I applied for ROA/RTL.
It doesn't matter when your father naturalised as a US Citizen because either way , you were still a BDTC by descent and was once eligible for ROA.Last edited by Aritaurus; 11-05-2008 at 08:16 AM.
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11-05-2008, 01:48 PM #3
My father immigrated to the United States in the 1960s and somehow lost his landing papers along the way. I do have his US naturalization certificate, showing that he was already a US citizen at the time of my birth (disqualifying me from Chinese citizenship?). However, the naturalization certificate says "it is punishable by us law to copy, print, or photograph this certificate" so I'll have to break the law to send in a copy to HK immigration.
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13-05-2008, 04:57 AM #4
Also, do I need to list a HK address on the form or do they accept international addresses? I have a physical address in HK, but no one lives there regularly, so it will be faster and simpler if the correspondence were mailed abroad and directly to me.
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13-05-2008, 08:39 AM #5
I was present in Hong Kong when I applied. I'm not sure about putting down an overseas address but I have read on other threads about people being able to apply overseas. The best thing to do would be to contact the IMMD.
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18-05-2008, 02:32 PM #6
Emailed them and got a response a couple hours later. Foreign addresses are okay.
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18-05-2008, 09:53 PM #7
This seems very similar to my situation
My Dad came to the UK in the 60's and i was born in 84.
Dad nor could we find any old passports.
So i sent in my Birth Cert, My Passport, Dad Passport, Dads Birth Cert and his HKID.
They asked for his proof of his entry in to the UK for the first time and/or neutralization papers.
So I sent a letter explaining that I couldn't find any papers of my Dads as it was way back in the 60's
Should hear back this week so i guess i'll tell you how it goes - i'm not feeling confident but I'm sure i have a right to an ID if my Dad is born here and lived here until he was 18 - he eventually moved back to HK in '93 until he passed away in 2003.
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28-05-2008, 07:37 AM #8
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17-01-2010, 02:34 PM #9
Can anybody confirm that the "landing papers" is still needed for getting RTL ?They asked for his proof of his entry in to the UK for the first time and/or neutralization papers.
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19-01-2010, 01:14 AM #10
This requirement has not changed from the time this thread was first started.
Of course, if you don't have have the landing papers, there might be other ways to prove your parent's status as a BDTC. If you can go to Hong Kong and get a copy of their Hong Kong Birth Certificate, for example...
Originally Posted by killahbad:
