MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1992
POSTAL APPLICATION SERVICE FOR PASSPORT APPLICANTS
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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT TIME APPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG BRITISH PASSPORT AND HONG KONG CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY COULD BE MADE BY POST FROM SEPTEMBER 1 AS A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENT, APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THESE TWO TYPES OF APPLICATIONS IN PERSON.
THE POSTAL APPLICATION SERVICE PRESENTLY COVERS ONLY REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH DOCUMENTS.
"ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS OF WHATEVER AGE WHO ARE HOLDERS OF HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS AND ARE IN HONG KONG MAY SEND THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN PASSPORTS OR BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS BY POST TO THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (PASSPORT) SECTION, IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS, THIRD FLOOR, 7 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,
SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED.
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"FOR CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY, THEY MAY SEND THEIR APPLICATIONS
THE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (OTHER SERVICES) SECTION, IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS, FOURTH FLOOR, 7 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG," HE ADDED.
WITH THEIR
RETURN DEPOSIT THEIR
"PRE-PRINTED ENVELOPES WILL BE PROVIDED TOGETHER APPLICATION FORMS TO FACILITATE THE PUBLIC то APPLICATIONS, HE SAID, NOTING THAT APPLICANTS MAY FORMS INTO THE DROP-IN BOXES INSTALLED AT THE HEADQUARTERS AND ITS BRANCH OFFICES.
DEPARTMENT'S
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED APPLICANTS THAT THEY MUST ENCLOSE TWO IDENTICAL RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS, A CROSSED CHEQUE OR POSTAL ORDER
FOR MADE PAYABLE TO THE 'HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'
PAYMENT OF DOCUMENT FEES, COPIES OF THEIR HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS AND OTHER RELEVANT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WHEN RETURNING THEIR APPLICATION FORMS.
"FIRST-TIME PASSPORT APPLICANTS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED BRITISH NATIONALITY BY BIRTH IN HONG KONG, SHOULD, HOWEVER, SEND IN THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES, HE NOTED.
"APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY LETTER OF THE DATE AND OFFICE TO COLLECT THEIR NEW DOCUMENTS WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.
"THE PROCESSING TIME WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT FOR APPLICATIONS MADE IN PERSON, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.
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DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF APPLICATION AND THE OFFICE WHERE THE FOR APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, THE NEW DOCUMENT WILL NORMALLY BE READY COLLECTION BETWEEN 10 AND 20 WORKING DAYS.
/APPLICANTS SHOULD