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.
The Director of Immigration is simultaneously appointed as the Commissioner of Registration, dealing with the registration of persons. Additionally, the Director of Immigration is also appointed as the Registrar of Births and Deaths and the Registrar of Marriages.
List of Directors of Immigration +PortraitNameTerm of office1J. Moore196119652W. E. Collard196519743J. M. Rowlands197419784R. G. B. Bridge197819835A. J. Carter19831989Last British Director6198919967Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee199630 June 1997Handover of Hong Kong1Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee1 July 199719982Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong199820023Lai Tung-kwok1 July 20027 April 20084Simon Peh Yun-lu7 April 200828 March 20115Eric Chan28 March 2011 5 April 20166Erick Tsang5 April 201622 April 20207Au Ka-wang2 July 202019 September 20238Benson Kwok19 September 2023Incumbent References
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