Non Locals - What prefix does your ID card # have?

[jaykay]

Maybe they didn't strictly separate at the beginning? I'm not sure, the details are from a FOI request submitted to the ImmD and can be found here
https://accessinfo.hk/zh_HK/request/...d#incoming-648

Wife and quite a few old school friends all born in HK late 70’s and all prefix with K.

[mrgoodkat]

Wife and quite a few old school friends all born in HK late 70’s and all prefix with K.

According to this, K was also issued in limited numbers to people born in HK between 1972 and 1979
https://kknews.cc/zh-hk/news/l9erz39.html


I wonder if the numbers were issued sequentially or if they are completely random?

[bak875]

Mine begins with a K and I'm not born in hk.

[mrgoodkat]

Mine begins with a K and I'm not born in hk.

Correct prefix if you arrived in HK between 1983 and 1990.

[Natfixit]

Not in HKG anymore but I remember mine having an R - foreigner non Chinese blood, husband was main visa holder but I was allowed to work as an accompanying spouse.

[bak875]

Correct prefix if you arrived in HK between 1983 and 1990.

I arrived in 1977 was 10 months.

[Flapster]

Better post it here than in the protest thread.

Before 28.03.1983 the prefix was based on the district of registration.

Hong Kong: A, D, H
Kowloon: B, E, G
NT: C

If the holder didn't have a Chinese name an X was added in front, eg: XA, XB, XC

From 1983 until 01.08.1990 the prefix for new arrivals was K, then P until 28.12.2000, then R until 01.08.2011. Now it's M.

For people born in HK after 1983 it was Z, from 01.01.1989 it was Y, from 01.04.2005 the prefix was S. Since 2019 the prefix is N

Foreign workers like domestic helpers or construction workers had W until 02.01.2009, since then WX

Consular staff have J

This works. My wife, Chinese, born '86 has Z. I arrived on dependent visa with M.

[imparanoic]

Mine has P, my wife has Z, my brothers who live outside hk also has P, my parents born in HK but naturalise in UK during 60s and 70s also P

I have not checked my kids prefix