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Identity cards, passports, and family registration: what to bring and where to apply.
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Registering for iAM Smart before using online services
Prepare your identity card and phone and understand login versus digital-signing requirements.
Documents and applicationsReplacing a lost or damaged Hong Kong identity card
Identify the replacement category, arrange an appointment, and prepare your documents.
Documents and applicationsApplying for or renewing an HKSAR passport
Check nationality, permanent-resident eligibility, photographs, and child-application requirements.
Documents and applicationsRegistering a baby's birth in Hong Kong
Understand the 42-day registration period, certificates, parental details, and online eligibility.
Documents and applicationsHong Kong marriage registration: notice to ceremony
Distinguish booking, giving notice, the display period, and the marriage ceremony.
Documents and applicationsAfter a family death: registration, funeral arrangements, and preserving records
Follow the hospital or police documentation route, distinguish natural-death and Coroner procedures, then arrange registration and the funeral.
Documents and applicationsA Hong Kong passport lost overseas: police, consular contact, and 1868 assistance
Obtain a local police report, contact the appropriate consular and Immigration channels, and check replacement and return arrangements.
Documents and applicationsLose a Home Return Permit in the mainland: distinguish departure documents from domestic temporary permits
Report and consult exit-entry authorities; check electronic temporary permits for domestic journeys and arrange departure and Hong Kong admission separately.
Documents and applicationsLose a non-Chinese permanent-resident permit in the mainland: replacement, receipt and one-time departure
Use the dedicated non-Chinese process with a competent exit-entry office and distinguish a lawful-stay receipt from a departure document.
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Compiled by HomeHK with context, practical steps, and official sources. Guides distinguish Hong Kong, Macao, and mainland arrangements. Dates describe the content's preparation, not daily official verification.
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