Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Document of Identity for Visa Purposes () is a biometric travel document issued by the Hong Kong Immigration Department to residents of Hong Kong who are unable to obtain a national passport. It is usually valid for seven years. The majority are issued to citizens of the People's Republic of China who have migrated to Hong Kong on a One-way Permit, have lost their mainland hukou thus are unable to obtain a PRC passport, but have not resided in Hong Kong for the 7 years required
Administrative county 1 October 1973. Section 131 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 stated that ""every county and every county borough shall cease to be an administrative area for local government purposes"". The areas of the former administrative counties (and county boroughs) remain in use for Lieutenancy purposes, being defined as the areas used ""for local government purposes immediately before 1 October 1973, subject to any subsequent definition of their boundaries..."". In the Republic of Ireland the legislation that created them remained in force until the Local Government Act 2001 was passed, which renamed them 'counties'. The administrative counties that