OT, but related question. I am Chinese national with a HKPID, HKSAR Passport, as well as Australian citizenship. My wife is Australian citizen (born in China). We are expecting birth of our child in Australia end of this year. Can my kid get HKPID as well?

Looking at the website below, it looks like I cannot get my kid to get HKPID but this is where it gets grey here as it states:

"Article 5 of Chinese Nationality Law states that: “Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality.”

Under normal circumstances, having permanent resident status in a foreign country (that is, having resided abroad ordinarily and not being subject to any restriction on stay) will be treated as having settled abroad."

http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immig...aqroa.htm#/q10

So technically if I don't tell them that I have settled abroad (eg have a local HK address of my relatives), can I get away with my kid getting a HKPID? Has anyone tried this as well for their overseas-born kid?