Hong Kong visa fees to rise by 3–51 percent starting September 8, 2025, impacting visas, permits & travel docs. Learn the ...

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 ...

The Hong Kong government announced that Hong Kong identity cards issued before Nov. 26, 2018, will be invalidated in two phases in 2025.

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 to cancel old identity cards of students, workers, residents and immigrants The Invalidation Order covers all Hong Kong residents, whether they are permanent residents or non-permanent ...

A Hong Kong activist behind a landmark lawsuit allowing trans people to be issued ID cards matching their gender identity has launched another legal challenge over the new requirements.

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

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.