Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents

Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
Simplified Chinese	台湾居民居住证
Traditional Chinese	臺灣居民居住證
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Jūmín Jūzhùzhèng

Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
Simplified Chinese	港澳居民居住证
Traditional Chinese	港澳居民居住證
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gǎng-Aò Jūmín Jūzhùzhèng

Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
港澳居民居住证
Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
China
Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents; 港澳居民居住证; Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents; China
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Chinese nationality,; permanent residency status in Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan,; have lived in the mainland for more than six months, and; meet one of the following conditions: legal and stable employment, legal and stable residence, or continuous study;

The Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents is an identity document in the People's Republic of China. It is issued to Chinese citizens with permanent residency in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Legally, Chinese citizens with permanent residency in the three regions can reside indefinitely in mainland China for any purpose without restriction. They can apply for this card for their living convenience in mainland China, as along as they have lived in the mainland for more than six months and meet one of the following conditions: legal and stable employment, legal and stable residence, or continuous study.^[1]^[2]

Applications for this card first opened on 1 September 2018.^[3]

Background

Until the introduction of the residence permit, residents of these places could only use their mainland travel permits as identity document in mainland China. Since the mainland travel permits have a different format from the resident identity card for mainland Chinese residents, this caused trouble in situations where only the resident identity card can be used. The residence permit is designed to be similar to the resident identity card to let its holders enjoy the same basic public services and convenience as mainland Chinese residents.^[4]

Residence permit has a citizen identification number in the same format as resident identity card. This is the first time that the Chinese government ever assigns a number to residents of these places.^[5] The address codes of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the identification number are 810000, 820000 and 830000 respectively. The contents on the permit are mostly the same as those on the resident identity card; the differences are that there are number of issuances and mainland travel permit number on the obverse side, and there is no ethnicity on the reverse side.

References

^ "国务院办公厅关于印发《港澳台居民居住证申领发放办法》的通知港澳台居民居住证申领发放办法__2018年第24号国务院公报_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
^ "港澳台居民居住证申领指南". 广东省公安厅 Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
^ Su, Xinqi (16 August 2018). "New ID card will give Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents same access to public services as mainland Chinese counterparts". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ 周驰 (2017-08-02). "港澳台居民居住证如何申领？享哪些便利？权威回应在这" (in Chinese (China)). 中国新闻网. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
^ "合資格港澳台居民下月可申請內地居住證". Think Hong Kong (in Chinese). 2018-08-16. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-03-31.

Hong Kong-related identity and travel documents

Issued by
Hong Kong

Issued by
China

Issued by the
United Kingdom

See also the identity and travel document templates for China and Macau

Macau-related identity and travel documents

Issued by
Macau

Issued by
China

Issued by
Portugal

See also the identity and travel document templates for China and Hong Kong

[1] "国务院办公厅关于印发《港澳台居民居住证申领发放办法》的通知港澳台居民居住证申领发放办法__2018年第24号国务院公报_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-20.

[2] "港澳台居民居住证申领指南". 广东省公安厅 Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-09-20.

[3] Su, Xinqi (16 August 2018). "New ID card will give Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents same access to public services as mainland Chinese counterparts". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[4] 周驰 (2017-08-02). "港澳台居民居住证如何申领？享哪些便利？权威回应在这" (in Chinese (China)). 中国新闻网. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-17.

[5] "合資格港澳台居民下月可申請內地居住證". Think Hong Kong (in Chinese). 2018-08-16. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-03-31.

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Identity documents	Hong Kong identity card
Passports	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport
Travel documents	Hong Kong Re-entry Permit Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes
Other permits	Closed Area Permit Driving licence

Identity documents	Mainland Residence Permit
Travel documents	Home Visit Permit Chinese Travel Document

Passports	British National (Overseas) passport British emergency passport
Defunct documents	British Dependent Territories Citizen passport Hong Kong Certificate of Identity

Identity documents	Macau Resident Identity Card Non-resident Worker's Identification Card
Passports	Macao Special Administrative Region passport
Travel documents	Macao Special Administrative Region Travel Permit Visit Permit to Hong Kong Macau Seafarer's Identity Document
Defunct documents	Declaration Form for Holders of the Macau SAR Permanent Resident Identity Card to Hong Kong SAR

Identity documents	Mainland Residence Permit
Travel documents	Home Visit Permit Chinese Travel Document

Background

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References