Originally Posted by stag:
They don't call 回鄉証 anymore. Instead, they are now called 通行証 which can be obtained from China Travel Services in HKG. Before I can get 通行証, I must get the SAR passport first. I was not born in HKG. 通行証 is a plastic card which looks like the regular Chinese ID card with passport-like encoding.
Last year when I went back to HKG, I just had enough time for the SAR passport. My next trip may go to China first then to HKG. It seems ironic that a legal Chinese citizen, having abode right in Chinese soil, holding a Chinese government issued passport, still requires visa to enter China.
Besides, China visa is not cheap.