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    Consequences of lying- permanent residency application

    What are the consequences of lying on your application? Specifically, I don't want to tell them about my foreign citizenship because I'm afraid it might affect my chances. How deep will they dig?


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    That makes no sense. They know your citizenship already if you've gotten a visa previously. Lying on an application is a serious offense.

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    Agree with Civil Servant

    They already know as they would of added the sticker from previous work permits etc.


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    It depends on what you want to do. If you want to work here, made a decent living, maybe save up for your retirement, I'd be honest. anything else could come back to bite you later.

    If your plan is to set up a smuggling business, infiltrate the triads, transfer your funds abroad and then eventually leave HK under mysterious circumstances, then i'd say go ahead and bend the truth on your application a little.


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    I can understand not wanting to reveal your nationality on the forums ... we do have 1 poster who takes the moral high ground.

    But I suspect this is bit of a wind up ... how the f' did you get into HK without showing your passport?


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    Then it is not a case of lying .. it is omission.


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    The form asks for Nationality and Travel Document number, nothing else relevant to citizenship (that I can recall).
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    jmbf is right. The form only asks for your travel documentation which you must have already made known to Immigration when they issue your visas during the 7 years. Looks like the summer heat is bringing them all out recently...

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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    But I suspect this is bit of a wind up ... how the f' did you get into HK without showing your passport?
    I have 2 passports. Hong Kong Govt knows about one of them and has no idea about the other.
    I got my permanent without ever revealing the existence of the second. They didnt ask, I didn't offer the answer.
    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    Then it is not a case of lying .. it is omission.
    My experience was from many years ago. Perhaps they ask and dig deeper now...but I dont see how that would make any difference at all. All they care about is the 7 years AFAIK...
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    I also have two passports. Never mentioned it to any Hong Kong authorities either, nor did they ask.


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