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?
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?
That makes no sense. They know your citizenship already if you've gotten a visa previously. Lying on an application is a serious offense.
Agree with Civil Servant
They already know as they would of added the sticker from previous work permits etc.
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.
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?
The form asks for Nationality and Travel Document number, nothing else relevant to citizenship (that I can recall).Original Post Deleted
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...
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.
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...
I also have two passports. Never mentioned it to any Hong Kong authorities either, nor did they ask.