Hong Kong ID Card Waiting Time

[Nacho]

Right now I'm in Canada, I need to renew my old HKID , is it possible to get a smart ID and do the applicatoin from abroad????

[KnowItAll]

In another thread you said you wanted to get rid of it.

Answer is simple... NO.

http://www.smartid.gov.hk/en/replace/outside_hk.html
and
http://www.smartid.gov.hk/en/replace/where.html