Originally Posted by
Happy
Thanks for the latest DP. That is what I expect should happen at the airport entry with eligible country's passport and the onward ticket that meets the TWOV requirement regardless what the NIA written law on nationality still says. The purpose of having TWOV is much greater than what the "Nationality Law" in the current environment. So the guy with an UK passport entered on the TWOV as it should have been. In all practical and technical aspects, an UK Passport with HK Born Chinese should have no difference from an US Passport with HK Born Chinese, one could infer that.
I had a Chinese forum DP that I posted earlier, the person used his US passport to enter from West Kowloon - the Chinese officers there did NOT even ask to see his exit journey ticket, just accept what he told them, he would exit by land at the Macao port after a HSR from Guangzhou to Zhuhai then walk across the border to Macau. When he entered from West Kowloon, he was the ONLY person that used the 240 lane. I guess 99.99999% of people crossing the border at West Kowloon using the HRP vs using the TWOV. He did have the train ticket with him, but that train ticket with a destination to Zhuhai, still within Chinese border! Yet he was let in without any issue. The officers were more interested in knowing where he would go after Macau and marveled how cheap Vietnam was for a beach vacation...
Their compliance/enforcement mode is just different between visa (or HK/Macau status) and TWOV, and between airline check-in staff and actual border staff, for example:
To apply for a first HRP in HK, one needs HKID and HKSAR passport (needs HKGov to certify your nationality first). But when applying for Lüxingzheng (Travel Permit) abroad, you just need HK/Macau POB proof and Chinese name/parentage/look, HKID not mandatory.
A GZ-Zhuhai HSR ticket would probably not satisfy check-in counters abroad or even at HKG airport, but at the land/ferry border officials it's probably fine if you can demonstrate your other plans (like a hotel booking, esp. Macau, I've heard).