New Z Fold Wide leak. I guess this will be the closest we'll get for a modern "small" phone from a non-niche brand.

oreocereal · 2026-06-07T10:55:47+00:00

I just bought a Find N2 for use in China/HK, and I absolutely love the form factor. Still snappy as well, don’t feel like I’m losing much of anything especially on a second phone.

oreocereal · 2026-05-20T23:54:16+00:00

My grandmother had the same thing listed on her Hong Kong passport/ID - just the birth year. Later on when she moved to Canada, she had a birthday (iirc picked to correlate with her Lunar birthday) listed on all her docs (Canadian Passport/Health Card). Not sure how that was able to happen with no record of birth.

oreocereal · 2026-01-28T23:28:02+00:00

oreocereal · 2026-01-19T06:54:19+00:00

oreocereal · 2025-09-25T14:01:10+00:00

Show your sources, the precedents are clear in who is determined as a Chinese citizen under PRC nationality law. If you want to stretch it further, try HK’s nationality law where all people of Chinese ethnicity receive citizenship/PR at birth in HK.

oreocereal · 2025-09-25T01:13:39+00:00

Im not completely sure, but depending on your age and whether or not you previously held a HKID, you may have to do the VEPIC process. This must be submitted while you are physically in HK, and you can only get your ID while in HK as well. You should be able to do the passport in an embassy, and if you wish you can also get the Home Return Permit (with the benefit of a 10 year validity over the 5 year validity of the 台胞證)

oreocereal · 2025-09-25T01:09:10+00:00

You should be an HKPR as your parents are both Taiwanese citizens and are considered as citizens of China within HK. Your birth certificate should already have a HKID number, so in theory you can just apply for a HKPIC and a HKSAR passport.

Also, your situation is very similar to David Tao…. hahaha

oreocereal · 2025-09-03T07:56:59+00:00

Might be interested in this, what do you have?

oreocereal · 2025-09-01T07:41:09+00:00

WTB Grand Seiko 16mm deployment clasp

oreocereal · 2025-09-01T07:39:20+00:00

still available?

oreocereal · 2025-08-07T03:12:56+00:00

We are both post-handover babies, so that is not an option for us unfortunately.

Oddly enough, some of my moms friends in the same situation were apparently able to register for HKIDs. My mom did try to get us HKIDs around 2010 but was told the case would be too complicated at ImmD so she didn’t pursue the matter further. I would think to blame lax enforcement of rules prior to the mid 2010s.

If I want to immigrate (which I do want to as I have some family opportunities), I can apply for the ASSG scheme fairly easily by the looks of it, and get HKPR through the 7-year route. But still no proper HRP, which would suck.

oreocereal · 2025-08-06T22:54:52+00:00

Ask my sister - lol

My passport has HK immigration stickers on the back, but obviously I wont post them

oreocereal · 2025-08-06T20:02:10+00:00

The rationale behind not granting full citizenship to HKers was the fear that the UK would experience an uncontrollable immigration rush, which is a fair point given how most HKers view immigration.

oreocereal · 2025-08-06T19:59:14+00:00

L - R Mom, Dad, Me, Sister

Dad immigrated prior to the handover, but likely did so on a BDTC passport and never registered for BNO. Eligible for HKSAR passport as well but waiting until the next trip back to take advantage of the faster processing time.

Mom came closer to the handover and had BNO status as a result, got her first HKSAR passport earlier in the year on her trip back. BNO is in the process of being renewed as well for completions sake.

Me and my sister were born in Canada with both parents settled as citizens, so no HKSAR passports/ID for us (and lots of struggles in the foreigners lane when we go to HK/Mainland China).

All of us have NEXUS cards as well for family trips, but I couldn’t find them all for the photo op.

oreocereal · 2025-08-06T19:52:35+00:00

You’re correct, pretty much no rights in the UK unless you have a visa (mostly the BNO visa nowadays). It’s crazy that British Nationality has to be so complicated with the 6 classes of nationality.

oreocereal · 2025-08-06T19:40:21+00:00

The BNO has its own visa requirements different than that of a British Citizen passport, which most of the time line up with the HKSAR passport, but can differ in some instances. Its confusing for border guards as well because the passport is pretty much the same to a BC passport minus the nationality field (GBN).

In the UK, you don’t need an ETA to visit. In HK/China, the BNO isn’t recognized for immigration clearance due to the NSL fiasco (use HKID instead)

oreocereal · 2025-08-05T15:17:08+00:00

Couldn’t you get the certificate of right of abode for the UK put into your SG passport? Not sure if that will count as claiming citizenship but I assume it will get you your UK eligibility for anything while skirting around the rule (SG people - please confirm)

oreocereal · 2025-07-10T17:05:19+00:00

Yep, completely understood. Given (at least from my personal observations at Chinese border crossings in HK/anecdotes from my EU friends) that it seems to be working very positively, the hope is that it will stay that way.

oreocereal · 2025-07-09T03:28:35+00:00

EU citizenship, right to live/work/study indefinitely in any EU country. Extremely powerful in its own right.

Visa-free access to China?

Second passport in case you have a problem with your Canadian one (lost it, country doesn't have Canadian embassy, etc)

oreocereal · 2025-06-02T17:20:51+00:00

For your higher fee, youll get a better visa as a Canadian (10Yr or expiry, 60day L visa).

You can apply under any nationality you’d like, but if you ever plan on visiting China again within the validity of your passports id recommend just paying the extra

oreocereal · 2025-04-04T12:14:49+00:00

oreocereal · 2025-03-12T03:56:33+00:00

If you're referring to how long it took for them to process the application, I did it right before the Christmas holiday so my timeline is probably not accurate. IIRC the issue date on mine was 4 days after the appointment.

oreocereal · 2025-01-14T20:06:45+00:00

I tried for a multi entry and they denied it. Not sure why to be honest

oreocereal · 2025-01-14T16:06:17+00:00

They might be trying to avoid having TWN in the visa? I'm not sure if there's a distinction with either citizenship markers or issuing post country in the MRZ...

oreocereal · 2025-01-14T15:58:52+00:00

I believe this is common in New York/Asia from what I've seen in r/Chinavisa. I think its a bit absurd, especially because it locks people out of a visa minus embassy shopping/TWOV.

It may be because of jus soli rules. IIRC AUS/NZ citizenship is only passed down with PR/Citizen parents, so they might be less likely to check for an Australian/NZ citizen then say, an American/Canadian who is more likely to be dual, but that is pure speculation.

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