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Application can be made at the nearest Registration of Persons Office. New arrivals from the Mainland of China holding One-way Exit Permits must register at the Registration of Persons - Kowloon Office. Workers arrive in Hong Kong under the Supplementary Labour Scheme should register at the Registration of Persons - Kwun Tong Office.

At the time of application, the following documents, if available, should be produced:

1. passport or any travel documents or recent school documents with certified photographs;
2. birth certificate with a photocopy;
3. proof of legal residence in Hong Kong; and
4. previous identity card (if any).

If you are aged under 18, you must be accompanied by your parent or guardian who should produce his or her identity card and a photocopy of his or her spouse's identity card.

If you already have an identity card issue to you between the ages of 11 and 17, you are required to apply for an adult identity card within 30 days after your 18^th birthday. You can apply at the nearest Registration of Persons Office. At the time of application, you have to produce your old identity card.

Identity cards issued to persons newly arrived and persons reaching the age of 11 or 18 and for Consular Corp Identity Cards issued to Consuls, Consular staff and their wives and dependent children are free of charge.

For the replacement of a card which has been lost, destroyed, damaged, defaced or requires alternation, a fee will be charged.

Date of amendment: 15^thDecember 2003