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 subdivisions of the Papal States from 1816 to 1871 Administrative subdivisions of the Papal States from 1816 to 1871 The delegations as they existed in 1859. Between the Congress of Vienna (1815) and the capture of Rome (1870), the Papal State was subdivided geographically into 17 apostolic delegations ("delegazioni apostoliche") for administrative purposes. These were instituted by Pope Pius VII in a "motu proprio" of 6 July 1816: "Quando per ammirabile disposizione". A delegation was known as a legation ("legazione") when governed by a cardinal. The four northernmost delegations—Bologna, Ferrara, Forlì and Ravenna, which comprised the region known as the Romagna—were regularly governed by cardinals. Thus, the term "Legations"