Pérdida de residencia permanente por ausencia de 36 meses (no chinos)
Ciudadanía en Hong Kong SAR
- Elegibilidad
- A HK permanent resident who is NOT of Chinese nationality LOSES permanent resident status if absent from HK for a continuous period of not less than 36 months since ceasing to have ordinarily resided in HK (Cap.115 Sch.1 para 7(a)). This is a RESIDENCE-status loss, NOT a citizenship loss, and applies only to non-Chinese PRs. The Director of Immigration has no discretion to extend/waive the 36-month duration. A person who ceases to be a HK permanent resident by the 36-month-absence rule automatically acquires the RIGHT TO LAND (may enter/live/study/work in HK without restriction), retaining a residence status but forfeiting the protection against deportation that abode confers. This underscores that the loss is residence-layer only. Chinese-national permanent residents do NOT lose permanent resident status by absence — the 36-month-absence loss rule is confined to non-Chinese PRs. A Chine
- Renuncia
- No requerida
Escenarios de ejemplo
Los escenarios de ejemplo se muestran en inglés.
He is at risk of having lost permanent resident status, since Cap.115 Sch.1 para 7 provides for loss of PR (for non-Chinese-national PRs) after a continuous period of absence exceeding 36 months.
Even if PR is lost under this provision, he retains an underlying 'right to land' — this is loss at the residence layer only, entirely unrelated to any nationality question, and does not itself trigger any Chinese-nationality consequence (he was never a Chinese national in this scenario).
Whether periodic short visits interrupt/reset the continuous-absence clock for para 7 purposes is a fact-specific determination depending on the frequency, duration, and purpose of each visit.
This is explicitly NLR-flagged as requiring case-by-case Immigration Department assessment — do not assume a fixed formula (e.g., 'any visit resets the clock') without primary confirmation.
Resumen informativo recopilado a partir de fuentes legales primarias: no es asesoramiento jurídico. La ley de ciudadanía cambia; verifica con la autoridad competente antes de actuar. Verificado por última vez el 2026-07-04.
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