How to Obtain a Mainland Driver’s License for Hong Kong Residents

The Hong Kong car Northbound, which has attracted much attention from Hong Kong people, will accept applications from qualified Hong Kong private car owners at 9:00 a.m. this Thursday (1st), and approved private cars can pass the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge starting from July 1. Traveling between Guangdong and Hong Kong, the one-hour living circle in the Greater Bay Area that many citizens are looking forward to will be able to advance without barriers. Mr. Wu (Steve) is one of them, who is engaged in the toy industry in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, but he must drive northward. Hold a Mainland driver’s license first. A reporter from “Sing Tao” accompanied Steve to Shenzhen to exchange for a mainland driver’s license a few days ago. He followed the whole process directly and took nearly 70 minutes to complete all the items and obtained the certificate on the spot. However, Steve said that it was “not easy” to make an appointment online in the early stage, and he was worried that the car inspection would take a long time. He hoped that the government would consider increasing the number of car inspection companies and speed up the procedures.

Steve: “There was no quota in Luohu District early in the morning, so it’s hard to book here first”

Steve and the reporter took a taxi from Futian Port for an hour to arrive at the Baoan Vehicle Management Office where the documents were processed. When asked why he chose this more remote location instead of the offices in Futian District and Luohu District, which are closer to Hong Kong, Steve smiled helplessly and said frankly, “I don’t even want to go so far, but Luohu District is so popular. There are already no quotas, so I managed to book here first.”

Steve had registered his personal information and made an appointment for the application time on the “Shenzhen Traffic Police” WeChat official account before departure. After he arrived, he had to swipe his hometown card before entering the vehicle management office, and then took about 15 minutes to complete the photo taking and medical examination. He pointed out that taking ID photos is similar to the self-service cameras in some subway stations in Hong Kong, but it is much cheaper. 12 ID photos only cost 10 yuan. The physical examination is also completed in the AI ​​self-service physical examination service machine, which will check hearing, vision, trunk and height.

Steve, who needs to wear glasses, said after completing the physical examination that he had difficulty identifying the bottom line of letters during the vision test; the hearing test went well, “like listening to a computer”, there is a drum next to the left and right ear, and he heard the sound Just give a hint; finally, torso detection, left and right faces, limbs, and ten fingers need to be scanned and photographed, and the operation is equally simple.

It is worth noting that the mainland requires drivers to be free from red-green color blindness, while Hong Kong does not have such a requirement, so Hong Kong residents have to read the color card to identify the color. After the self-service physical examination is completed, scan the QR code on the screen, and then pay 45 yuan via WeChat or Alipay, and you can get the physical examination report in 5 minutes. Steve cannot use electronic payment because he has not opened a bank account in the Mainland, so he needs to ask his friends present for help to pay for him.

Steve then prepared the original documents including the Hong Kong driver’s license, Hong Kong resident ID card and home return permit, went to the counter on the other side, and signed the “Instructions for Applying for a Motor Vehicle Driver’s License for Permanent Residents Holding a Full Hong Kong Driver’s License” and “Provide After the Personal Data Consent Form is checked by the staff, RMB 490 will be paid electronically. After waiting for about 20 minutes, the mainland driver’s license can be obtained on the spot.

Steve said that since doing business needs to shuttle between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, the biggest advantage of “Hong Kong Railway Northbound” is that it can arrange working hours flexibly. When necessary, there is no need to change the timetable of high-speed rail trains or go around in circles to queue up at the port to pass the border. He went on to say that to apply for a mainland driver’s license, you must go to the mainland in person and make an appointment in advance through the WeChat official website. The applicant must first have a mainland phone number, and then pass identity verification and face recognition. You can make an appointment, but if you don’t have a phone number and WeChat, you need to register first, and the appointment system is not as easy to log in as imagined, so it has caused some difficulties.

Steve mentioned that the next step is to complete the insurance and car inspection work. He thinks that the problem with insurance is not a big problem. You can add money to the insurance policy of the existing vehicle, but the car inspection is more difficult, because currently only one designated car dealership can be inspected in Hong Kong. The car takes a long time to wait. He reminded citizens with the same needs to plan as early as possible and prepare complete materials. He also hopes that the authorities can set up a branch outside the Luohu Port, so that Hong Kong people do not need to go to the mainland to go through the procedures in person, and increase the number of car inspection companies to speed up the process.

Reporter Xie Zongying

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