With the Hong Kong government’s poor governance and social unrest, the number of immigrants has reached a new high after the 1997 handover. According to figures provided by the police, the number of applications for the Certificate of No Criminal Conviction, commonly known as the “Certificate of Good Citizenship”, soared to 21,329 in the first nine months of this year, with more than 3,000 people applying in March and the highest number in April and May, when the epidemic was at its peak. During the severe period, the number of applications dropped, and then the average number of applications per month was over 2,000, and the number of reserved spots was full.
In 18, 23,524 people applied for Good Citizenship Permits, and then in 19, when there was an anti-regulation wave, the number rose sharply to 33,252 for the whole year, and then to 21,000 in the first nine months of this year, making a total of over 78,000 people who have submitted applications for Good Citizenship Permits in the past three years.
As the epidemic continues, to control the influx, citizens must make prior appointments online or by phone. The Good Citizen Card office, located on the 14th floor of Police Headquarters, has a daily capacity of about 130 seats.
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