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Update of Gender Marker​ on Hong Kong Identity Card (HKID)

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IMMD'S GUIDELINE

For details, please refer to the Immigration Department (ImmD)'s Guideline on the application for change of sex entry on Hong Kong identity cards

 

The Guideline is located at "Identity Cads" of FAQs on ImmD's website: Amendment of Registered Particulars of Hong Kong Identity Card

  • Q4. What procedures should be followed and what supporting documents should be submitted if I want to change the sex entry on my identity card?

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FORMS AND/OR SAMPLE FOR REFERENCE OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN IMMD'S GUIDELINE

If your doctor practises in Hong Kong

  • Please ask your doctor to fill in Annex 2


If your doctor practises outside Hong Kong

  • Please ask your doctor to fill in Annex 3

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For details, please refer to "Step-by-step Guide" and "Medical Certificate".

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INQUIRIES

LEGAL GENDER RECOGNITION?

Update of HKID gender marker does not update legal gender. Hong Kong legal gender cannot be updated to this day.

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According to ImmD's Guideline:

  • "The sex entry on a Hong Kong identity card serves as an “identifier” helping to verify the identity of the person producing the card as its holder and does not represent change of the holder’s sex as a matter of law and an official recognition of the same for all legal purposes".

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NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS UPDATED HKID GENDER MARKER (2020-2024)

Source: G Dot TV

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From 3rd April, 2024 (Implementation day of the new policy) to 31st December, 2024

Total number of applicationr: 97 (67 successful update, and among them, 50 applied with the new policy)

(Withdrawl / insifficient information: 46; Processing: 45)

  • Update to F: 25 (14 successful update)

  • Update to M: 72 (53 successful update)

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2020-2024

Total number of application: 270 (166 successful update)

  • Update to F: 111 / 41%

  • Update to M: 159 / 59%

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(Categorization is made according to the year of application. E.g., if an application was submitted in 2023, and approved in 2024, the data will be attributed to 2023)

Year

Successful update

Withdrawl / insufficient data for follow up

Total no. of applications

2024

61

11

109

31 + 78

2023

44

34

86

44 + 42

2022

21

7

28

16 + 12

2021

20

3

23

10 + 13

2020

20

4

24

10 + 14

G Dot TV further inquired regarding the application via the new application criteria, and the relevant declaration in the new policy:

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Q: Have any applicants been required to change back their gender marker on HKID due to a failure to comply with the terms of the declaration?

  • ImmD: There have been no reports of corrections to registered particulars received thus far.

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Q: Has the government initiated any prosecutions regarding violations of the declaration?

  • ImmD: No applicants have been found to be in violation of those regulations.

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Q: How many individuals who successfully changed their ID cards have updated their contact information?

  • ImmD: Relevant statistical figures are not maintained.

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