Originally Posted by
Iamhappy
Do you happen to know if a HKID (***) holder enters HK using his/her foreign passport without notifying the immigration official that he/she has a HKID, will he/she be treated as a visitor to HK (and hence won't be able to work nor be able to pay resident rates at public hospitals...) or a resident?
If HK immigration has ever seen that foreign passport before (perhaps when applying for HKID) then it will be linked anyway
I don't know whether their system would identify that you had an HKID if you got a new passport with the same personal details
If you want to enjoy subsidized public hospitals and work in HK, then I suggest you present your HKID when you become sick or at job interviews... if you lost or forgot it, then I suggest:
1) you go to HK Immigration and tell them what happened, so you can get a new HKID and prevent your passport getting flagged as overstaying
2) you leave HK within the period of entry granted as a visitor