{{Use Hong Kong English|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox official post | post = Director of Immigration | body = <!-- Immigration Department --> | native_name = 入境事務處處長 | flag = | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Insignia for the Hong Kong Immigration Department | image = Benson Kwok Immigration Director first day in office (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = Benson Kwok | incumbentsince = 19 September 2023 | type = | status = | department = | style = | member_of = | reports_to = | residence = | seat = | nominator = Chief Executive of Hong Kong (since 1997) | appointer = Central People's Government of China (since 1997); <br />Governor of Hong Kong (until 1997) | appointer_qualified = | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = | first = J Moore; <br />Regina Ip (since 1997) | last = | abolished = | succession = | abbreviation = | unofficial_names = | deputy = Deputy Director of Immigration | salary = GDS(C) 4 (HK$181,450)<ref>Standing Committee on Disciplined Services. [http://www.jsscs.gov.hk/reports/en/scds_gs_08/gs_app.pdf "Salaries and Conditions of Service"], The Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service (JSSCS), Hong Kong, November 2008. Retrieved on 30 September, 2016.</ref> | website = [http://www.immd.gov.hk/ Official website] }} {{Infobox Chinese |order= |showflag= |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.
The Director of Immigration is simultaneously appointed as the Commissioner of Registration, dealing with the registration of persons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigration Department Annual Report 2024 |url=https://www.immd.gov.hk/publications/a_report_2024/en/chapter4.html |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=www.immd.gov.hk}}</ref> Additionally, the Director of Immigration is also appointed as the Registrar of Births and Deaths and the Registrar of Marriages. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Security Bureau Immigration Department |url=https://www.aud.gov.hk/pdf_e/e76ch01.pdf}}</ref>
==List of Directors of Immigration== {| class="wikitable" |+ ! !Portrait !Name ! colspan="2" |Term of office ! |- |1 | |J. Moore<br/>{{zh|t=穆雅|labels=no}} |1961 |1965 | |- |2 | |W. E. Collard<br />{{zh|t=戈立|labels=no}} |1965 |1974 | |- |3 | |J. M. Rowlands<br />{{zh|t=羅能士|labels=no}} |1974 |1978 | |- |4 | |R. G. B. Bridge<br />{{zh|t=布立之|labels=no}} |1978 |1983 | |- |5 | |A. J. Carter<br />{{zh|t=賈達德|labels=no}} |1983 |1989 |Last British Director |- |6 | |{{ill|Laurence Leung Ming-yin|zh|梁銘彥}}<br />{{zh|t=梁銘彥|labels=no}} |1989 |1996 | |- |7 |frameless|120x120px |Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee<br />{{zh|t=葉劉淑儀|labels=no}} |1996 |30 June 1997 | |- ! colspan="6" |Handover of Hong Kong |- |1 |frameless|120x120px |Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee<br />{{zh|t=葉劉淑儀|labels=no}} |1 July 1997 |1998 | |- |2 | |Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong<br />{{zh|t=李少光|labels=no}} |1998 |2002 | |- |3 |frameless|120x120px |Lai Tung-kwok<br />{{zh|t=黎楝國|labels=no}} |1 July 2002 |7 April 2008 | |- |4 | |Simon Peh Yun-lu<br />{{zh|t=白韞六|labels=no}} |7 April 2008 |28 March 2011 | |- |5 |frameless|120x120px |Eric Chan<br />{{zh|t=陳國基|labels=no}} |28 March 2011 |5 April 2016 | |- |6 |frameless|120x120px |Erick Tsang<br />{{zh|t=曾國衞|labels=no}} |5 April 2016 |22 April 2020 | |- |7 |frameless|120x120px |Au Ka-wang<br />{{zh|t=區嘉宏|labels=no}} |2 July 2020 |19 September 2023 | |- |8 |frameless|120x120px |Benson Kwok<br />{{zh|t=郭俊峯|labels=no}} |19 September 2023 |''Incumbent'' | |} ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.gov.hk Government of HKSAR] *[http://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govchart/index.htm Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government]
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Immigration Category:Immigration to Hong Kong