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HK court rejects residency application of Pinay maid, son
Hong Kong's High Court has rejected a Filipina maid and her Hong Kong-born son's petition for permanent residency, saying she did not take steps to prove that she lived there permanently. A report of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) said the court ruled that Josephine Gutierrez did not prove she lived permanently in the Hong Kong special administrative region (SAR). Justice Johnson Lam said Gutierrez's 14-year old son also did not qualify for right of abode because he had not stayed in the SAR continuously for seven years. According to GovHK, non-Chinese residents in Hong Kong must meet the following requirements to be eligible for residency:
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