RTL/ROA?

[yellowsponge]

Hi all, lots of great info on this forum but just want to make sure I know what I am doing. Here are a few facts:

1. CBC planning a HK career move in the next 18 months so would love a RTL/ROA (no diff to me)
2. Mom born in HK and Dad is Mainland born but immigrated to HK (not really worried about proving Dad's eligibility as he does not want to go through the hassle of proving 7 years i.e. school records)
3. Parents were not Canadian citizens when I was born but were landed immigrants
4. When my parents left for Canada, HK Immigration made my parents return their physical ID cards (rightly or wrongly, they did)
5. These are the HK-based documents I have:
- Mom's birth certificate
- Mom's BDTC passport, Dad's is the green one
- A document for my Mom indicating registration for an ID card with a stamp indicating the HK ID card number ("E" with 6 numbers)
- Parents marriage license

A couple of questions:
1. Should my Mom go through the Overseas PIC (+ HKSAR passport) process at the risk of her Canadian passport? Or should Mom just head over to Wan Chai on the next visit to HK to apply for just the PIC?
2. What are the other documents I need from the Canadian side:
(A) my birth certificate showing both parents
(B) parent's landing papers
(C) parents naturalization

Thanks in advance for everyone's help!

[Hairball]

1. She can get an overseas PIC with a HKSAR passport from a Chinese mission abroad if she is eligible. I am not sure what you mean by "risk", HK Chinese citizens are allowed dual citizenship.

2. I think you have what you need. The only thing I can think of is you might need some records of your parents' past visits to Hong Kong, and the dates they have lived in Hong Kong. I had to fill this info, it can be approximate from what they told me.

You should be eligible for RTL if you were born before July 1, 1997, which I think you would be. As I doubt someone 12 years old would understand these concepts.

[yellowsponge]

Well, I do see myself as a genius 33 year old man-child.

Thanks for all your help, Hairball. You and your website have been most helpful. I know I would be caught with my pants down without the proper paperwork if I had gone at this alone in HK.