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Old Oct 17, 2017, 12:44 am
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Originally Posted by fishball
will they ever make one for arrivals hmm...
No for sure. Relaxing exit control does not mean relaxing entry control.

Originally Posted by 889
At some point they'll open up unrestricted registration for e-channel to more nationalities.
I believe we have a major difference in defining unrestricted registration.

When a person is subject to immigration control, his/her e-channel enrollment is based on such control. So when the Germans, in your example, are
subject to immigration control, I will not say they have unrestricted registration. In fact, the ID website does say they must have a good record in Hong Kong in order to be qualified.
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