The Hong Kong government announced that Hong Kong identity cards issued before Nov. 26, 2018, will be invalidated in two phases in 2025.. Key Points: Phase I cards will become invalid on May 12 ...

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.

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's top court ruled on Monday that transgender people can change the sex marked on their identification cards without undergoing surgery, a landmark victory for LGBTQ equality.

The Hong Kong Final Court of Appeal Monday ruled that policies requiring transgender men to undergo full sex re-assignment surgery (SRS) to alter gender markers on their Hong Kong ID cards are ...

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

For many of us, an identity card is a little piece of plastic tucked away in a wallet that we rarely think much about. But for Hong Kong transgender activist Henry Tse, his ID card was something ...

The Hong Kong Government announced that the old form of smart identity cards issued before November 26, 2018 (old ID cards) will be invalidated in two phases in 2025.

Hong Kong's Territory-wide Identity Card Replacement Exercise (Replacement Exercise) is entering the final stage. The Immigration Department (ImmD) has announced the cessation of the operation of the ...

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 ...