Read the full judgment text of HCAL 308/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 October 2023.
1. The Applicant is a 65-year-old national of Sri Lanka who first arrived in Hong Kong on 24 December 1999 on a passport with another identity as a visitor with permission to remain as such up to 24 January 2000. On 15 January 2000 he informed the Immigration Department that he had lost his passport and was applying for a replacement from the Sri Lankan Consulate in Hong Kong for his departure before the expiration of his visiting visa, but thereafter he did not depart and therefore overstayed i