{"id":1760,"date":"2024-04-11T13:56:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=1760"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:56:56","slug":"the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-ordinance-applies-only-to-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/our-legal-system\/criminal-records-and-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-ordinance\/the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-ordinance-applies-only-to-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rehabilitation of Offenders Ordinance applies only to Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/297\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RHO<\/a>&nbsp;does not apply outside Hong Kong. Simply because a conviction is spent in Hong Kong does not mean it will be ignored by another jurisdiction. This is particularly relevant for applications for a travel visa or for immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal records are maintained by the Hong Kong Police Force. A person wishing to immigrate to another country will be asked to provide confirmation that they do not have any criminal convictions. That can be done only by obtaining a Certificate of No Conviction from the Hong Kong Police. If there are previous convictions, the Hong Kong Police will not provide a Certificate of No Conviction, however long ago the convictions were. The Hong Kong Police will refuse to issue a Certificate of No Conviction even though the conviction is spent in accordance with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/297\/s2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">section 2<\/a>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/297\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RHO<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;RHO&nbsp;does not apply outside Hong Kong. Simply because a conviction is spent in Hong Kong does not mean it will be ignored by another jurisdiction. This is particularly relevant for applications for a travel visa or for immigration. Criminal records are maintained by the Hong Kong Police Force. A person wishing to immigrate to another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[39,22],"class_list":["post-1760","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-criminal-records-and-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-ordinance","topic-type-our-legal-system"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}