China: Whether a Chinese national who has a Hong Kong identity card and a right to abode in Hong Kong can move to mainland China to live and work (2003)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 6 March 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CHN40737.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, China: Whether a Chinese national who has a Hong Kong identity card and a right to abode in Hong Kong can move to mainland China to live and work (2003), 6 March 2003, CHN40737.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4d6d38.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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According to a counsellor of Consular Affairs at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ottawa, "a Chinese national, who has a Hong Kong identity card and a right to abode in Hong Kong, will not be able to move to the mainland of China to live and work ... unless he or she gets a permit from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security " (4 Mar. 2003).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
People's Republic of China. 4 March 2003. Correspondence sent by a counsellor of Consular Affairs at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Ottawa.
