Director of Immigration

入境事務處處長

Incumbent
Benson Kwok

since 19 September 2023

Nominator| Chief Executive of Hong Kong (since 1997)
Appointer| Central People's Government of China (since 1997);
Governor of Hong Kong (until 1997)
First holder| J Moore;
Regina Ip (since 1997)
Deputy| Deputy Director of Immigration
Salary| GDS(C) 4 (HK$181,450)[1]
Website| Official website
Director of Immigration

Traditional Chinese| 入境事務處處長
Simplified Chinese| 入境事务处处长
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Rùjìng Shìwù Chǔ Chùzhǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Yahp gíng sih mouh chyu chyu jéung
Jyutping| Jap6 ging2 si6 mou6 cyu3 cyu3 zoeng2

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.

## List of Directors of Immigration

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| Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  |

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1  |  | J. Moore
穆雅 | 1961  | 1965  |
2  |  | W. E. Collard
戈立 | 1965  | 1974  |
3  |  | J. M. Rowlands
羅能士 | 1974  | 1978  |
4  |  | R. G. B. Bridge
布立之 | 1978  | 1983  |
5  |  | A. J. Carter
賈達德 | 1983  | 1989  | Last British Director
6  |  | Laurence Leung Ming-yin [zh]
梁銘彥 | 1989  | 1996  |
7  |  | Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
葉劉淑儀 | 1996  | 30 June 1997  |
Handover of Hong Kong
1  |  | Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
葉劉淑儀 | 1 July 1997  | 1998  |
2  |  | Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong
李少光 | 1998  | 2002  |
3  |  | Lai Tung-kwok
黎楝國 | 1 July 2002  | 7 April 2008  |
4  |  | Simon Peh Yun-lu
白韞六 | 7 April 2008  | 28 March 2011  |
5  |  | Eric Chan
陳國基 | 28 March 2011  | 5 April 2016  |
6  |  | Erick Tsang
曾國衞 | 5 April 2016  | 22 April 2020  |
7  |  | Au Ka-wang
區嘉宏 | 2 July 2020  | 19 September 2023  |
8  |  | Benson Kwok
郭俊峯 | 19 September 2023  | Incumbent |

## References

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1. ^ Standing Committee on Disciplined Services. "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.

## External links

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