The Hong Kong Immigration Department announced on Tuesday, June 18, that the old smart identity cards (HKID) will be invalidated next year.

More than 180,000 Hong Kong residents have yet to replace their old identity cards despite a renewal programme launching about five years ago, immigration authorities have said.

Hong Kong will allow transgender people who have not completed full sex reassignment surgery to change gender on their ID cards, the government said on Wednesday, but activists are upset by strict ...

Hong Kong transgender activist gets ID card reflecting gender change after yearslong legal battle Henry Yuen vowed to continue working for equality for the LGBTQ+ community.

However, this move will not affect the right of abode in Hong Kong of the holders of old ID cards. The HKSAR government has announced that the old form of Hong Kong smart identity cards issued before ...

Citizens who have yet to replace their card with a new smart identity card can go to four specified Registration of Persons Offices.

Activist Henry Tse holds up a mock ID card outside the immigration tower in Hong Kong after receiving his new identity document on April 29, 2024.

The deadline for applying for new smart identity cards at the smart identity card replacement centres will be extended to March 3 as a number of citizens have recently returned to Hong Kong for ...

A Hong Kong transgender activist has received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document, and he vowed to continue working for equality for ...

Hong Kong transgender activist Henry Tse received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document.

Activist Henry Tse, who won an appeal to change the gender on his ID card, shows his ID to the press after receiving the new document in Hong Kong, Monday, April. 29, 2024. The Hong Kong ...