Post: | Director of Immigration |
Native Name: | 入境事務處處長 |
Insigniacaption: | Insignia for the Hong Kong Immigration Department |
Incumbent: | Benson Kwok |
Incumbentsince: | 19 September 2023 |
Nominator: | Chief Executive of Hong Kong (since 1997) |
Appointer: | Central People's Government of China (since 1997); Governor of Hong Kong (until 1997) |
First: | J Moore; Regina Ip (since 1997) |
Deputy: | Deputy Director of Immigration |
Salary: | GDS(C) 4 (HK$181,450)[1] |
Website: | Official website |
T: | 入境事務處處長 |
S: | 入境事务处处长 |
J: | Jap6 ging2 si6 mou6 cyu3 cyu3 zoeng2 |
Y: | Yahp gíng sih mouh chyu chyu jéung |
P: | Rùjìng Shìwù Chǔ Chùzhǎng |
The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong.
1 | J. Moore | 1961 | 1965 | |||
2 | W. E. Collard | 1965 | 1974 | |||
3 | J. M. Rowlands | 1974 | 1978 | |||
4 | R. G. B. Bridge | 1978 | 1983 | |||
5 | A. J. Carter | 1983 | 1989 | Last British Director | ||
6 | 1989 | 1996 | ||||
7 | Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee | 1996 | 30 June 1997 | |||
Handover of Hong Kong | ||||||
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1 | Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee | 1 July 1997 | 1998 | |||
2 | Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong | 1998 | 2002 | |||
3 | Lai Tung-kwok | 1 July 2002 | 7 April 2008 | |||
4 | Simon Peh Yun-lu | 7 April 2008 | 28 March 2011 | |||
5 | Eric Chan | 28 March 2011 | 5 April 2016 | |||
6 | Erick Tsang | 5 April 2016 | 22 April 2020 | |||
7 | Au Ka-wang | 2 July 2020 | 19 September 2023 | |||
8 | Benson Kwok | 19 September 2023 | Incumbent |