Supporting documents for application

Answer：
Depending on the circumstances of individual cases, staff of the Department will ask the applicant and his/her family members to produce the following documents:

• Identity documents
  (such as Hong Kong Identity Cards (for those aged 11 or above), Birth Certificates (for those aged below 11) and Certificate of Exemption, etc.);
• Marriage certificates or documents of divorce (if applicable);
• Proofs of accommodation expenses
  (such as rent receipts, rent card, tenancy agreement, receipts of water & sewage charge, demands for rates and receipts of management fee, etc.);
• Proofs of assets (including those in Hong Kong, Macao, the Mainland or overseas within a year prior to the date of application)
  (bank passbooks and bank statements showing the balance for the past year, time deposit receipts, insurance policy statements (including all types of policies where the applicant and his/her family members are the policy owner, policy insured or beneficiary), documentary proofs of annuity schemes, stocks, proof of property/land ownership and other documentary proofs of valuable possessions, etc.);
• Proofs of educational expenses (such as receipts of school fee and school bus fee, etc.) and student handbooks;
• Travel documents (with printed copy of e-Visa, if applicable)
  (such as Passports, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Re-entry Permit, HKSAR Document of Identity for Visa Purposes, Hong Kong Entry Permit, Home Visit Permit and One-way Permit, etc.);
• Proofs of income
  (such as Mandatory Provident Fund pay-records, pay slips and employer's statement, etc.);
• Medical follow-up cards/appointment slips (if applicable);
• Proofs of financial relationship with other family members (including parents and siblings); or
• Other relevant documents as required by the Department.