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Originally posted by SSR
Oh and I forgot to mention that those people at immigration at the beginning, on the HKID floor, before you even goto the 25th floor, are all jackasses.
You have to argue with them and show them supporting documents of your justification to get the HKID before they EVEN give you the form and enevolope for you to fill, and put in the photocopied documents to send to the 25th floor.
Also when you get the contact number for the immigration officer looking over your case, call him immediately and tell him your situation that you are leaving soon or something. It will speed up the process.
Got my entire process done without picking up my ID, cause I had to leave HK, in 3 weeks. Could've been quicker if I dropped of the photocopies and form on the 25th floor instead of mailing it.
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I went to a different building to apply for the id and had a totally different experience (I'm pretty sure I didn't have to go to 25th floor to drop off the forms). People there were "somewhat" helpful, and they gave you the forms you need no questions asked, aside from which forms you require. The only problems were those people that worked at the booths were so picky about everything. It's understandable though, with unbelievable amounts of people lined up at the office each day, you can't help but be picky and bitter at the crowd.
The problem with me is I was born here in Canada, and I only had the travelling visa, so I had to fill in a bunch of forms, photocopy a bunch of my documents (passport info, birth certificate WITH the name of both my parents, parents marriage certificate, passport stamps and a bunch of other documents). They looked at the package I gave them, and said I was missing some documents (by then I was already back in Vancouver) and I faxed it over to them, now I'm sitting here waiting.