Yes. she doesn't need to apply at the moemnt for the one way permit (150 daily quota) if she is already living in Hong Kong legally with a valid visa. She will have to give up her 'hukou' in Mainland when she becomes a HKPR, which also means that she will lose her Mainland ID card, Two way permit(the permit she uses to enter and leave HK and Macau) and Mainland China passport. Those enter HK with one way permits lose their hukou when they enter HK, not at the time after they become HKPR.
Never heard a formal arrangement exist between Shenzhen and HK about keeping hukou. Know some HK people originally from Shenzhen still having some privileges there being born in SZ to Shenzhen local villagers, but they can't hold a Shenzhen hukou being a HKPR at the same time. They have to use HRP as their ID in Mainland.
Correct. And her nationality remains Chinese. She can still hold Mainland hukou, Mainland ID card, two way permit and Mainland passport until she becomes a HKPR.
The issue is on her HK visa. She needs to ask the authorities if she needs to change her visas and documents or not. If she is required to have One way permit, she will have to wait in Mainland until it is issued, may take a few years or quickly. While waiting for the issue, they can visit but not live in HK as visitors with two way permits.
Entry Arrangements for Mainland, Macao, Taiwan & Overseas Chinese Residents
http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/...rangement.html
Settlement
- Mainland residents who wish to settle in Hong Kong must apply for One-way Permits (OWPs) from the Public Security Bureau Offices where their household registrations are kept.
- The process and issue of OWPs are administered by Mainland authorities in accordance with Mainland laws, policies and regulations. There is a daily OWP quota of 150 places. According to the laws and regulations of the Mainland, Mainland authorities announced that Mainland residents under one of the following situations may apply for OWP to settle in Hong Kong:
- His/her spouse is settled in Hong Kong; may bring along children aged under 18.
- He/she is aged above 18 and under 60 and needs to come to Hong Kong to take care of his/her parents settled in Hong Kong both of whom are aged above 60 and have no children in Hong Kong.
- He/she is aged above 60 and has no children in the Mainland, and has to depend on his/her children aged above 18 settled in Hong Kong.
- He/she is aged under 18 and has to depend on his/her parents settled in Hong Kong.
- He/she is a child of a Hong Kong permanent resident and holds a Certificate of Entitlement
Residence in Hong Kong
Residence as Dependants
- For sponsors who have been admitted into Hong Kong to take up employment (as a professional, for investment to establish/join in business, or for training) or studies (in a full-time undergraduate or post-graduate local programme in a local degree-awarding institution) or as entrants under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme or the Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents, their spouse and unmarried dependent children under the age of 18 may apply for entry for residence in Hong Kong as dependants. Under the existing policy, while dependants whose sponsors have been admitted into Hong Kong for study may take up studies in Hong Kong, they are prohibited from taking up employment in Hong Kong unless they have obtained prior permission from the Director of Immigration.
Note 6:
With effect from 15 January 2015, the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme has been suspended until further notice.
Originally Posted by Mrs. Jones:
Correct me if I am wrong, but she won’t be a pr in her own right till she has resided in Hong Kong seven years as well.