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Originally Posted by PDLM  If you know your mother's date of birth and the district in which she was born it should be fairly straightforward to get a new certified copy of her birth certificate from the relevant registry... http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/bdmreg_1.htm
Moreover, I don't quite understand on what grounds Immigration accepted that she was a Chinese citizen if she couldn't prove her place of birth... could you elaborate on that? Surely just "looking Chinese" and living in HK for more than 7 years isn't sufficient? |
I do know my mothers place and date of birth and I also have old documents that state the date and place of birth Thank you for the website, I will contact the registry next week. I asked the immigration officer specifically, "the reason that I do not qualify for the RTL is it b/c I cannot provide my mother birth cert" and he said yes but was hesitant when responding...I had the impression he couldn't understand me though..
I m really not sure on what grounds immigration accepted her application but i am happy my mom was able to get the ROA. I went through alot to get her status. The supporting documents I sent to immigration on behalf of my mother was a ration card, HKID issued in 1959, her marriage cert(HK), letter of employment in HK, International cert of vaccination dated 1970, a letter explaining her situation re: missing birth cert, old canadian passports, my grandma's permanent HKID, application to sponsor her immediate family and an application for permanent resident in Canada that was declared and signed by the commissioner of HK which states her residing address while she was living in HK, date of birth and place of birth, married in HK city hall, education info etc
In ur opinion and based on the info that i provided, do I qualify for the RTL? Did u go through a similar situation?