IMMD2018

Extension of eligibility criteria of the ‘Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates’

Relocation of the Yuen Long Office to 1/F, Yuen Long Government Offices

Supporting the HKSAR Government inlaunching the‘Technology Talent Admission Scheme’

Winning of the ‘Best Customer Service of the Year’ Corporate Excellence Award and a number of other awards in the 2018 Hong Kong International Airport Customer Service Excellence Programme

Establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Division

The Launching Ceremony of Accredited Training Programmes was held at the Immigration Service Institute of Training and Development

Official commissioning of the Express Rail Link West Kowloon Control Point with ‘co-location’ clearance arrangement

Launching the Next Generation Smart Identity Card System and commencing the issue of new smart identity cards to Hong Kong residents

Official commissioning of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Control Point, the first land-boundary control point linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao

As at the end of 2018, the total number of non-refoulement claims pending screening was 546, a substantial decrease of 91 per cent as compared to 5,899 claims pending screening as at the end of 2017

83 Vietnamese illegal immigrants, most of them being unsubstantiated non-refoulement claimants, were repatriated to Hanoi, Vietnam by means of a chartered flight

Commencement of the Territory-wide Identity Card Replacement Exercise

The self-service departure clearance service ‘Smart Departure’ was awarded the 2018 ‘Radiant Pioneer Award’ from the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association