Director of Immigration

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


	Portrait	Name	Term of office
1		J. Moore Template:Zh	1961	1965
2		W. E. Collard Template:Zh	1965	1974
3		J. M. Rowlands Template:Zh	1974	1978
4		R. G. B. Bridge Template:Zh	1978	1983
5		A. J. Carter Template:Zh	1983	1989	Last British Director
6		Template:Ill Template:Zh	1989	1996
7	File:Regina Ip at VP New Year Fair 2009 cut.jpg	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Template:Zh	1996	30 June 1997
Handover of Hong Kong
1	File:Regina Ip at VP New Year Fair 2009 cut.jpg	Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Template:Zh	1 July 1997	1998
2		Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong Template:Zh	1998	2002
3	File:Lai Tung-kwok.jpg	Lai Tung-kwok Template:Zh	1 July 2002	7 April 2008
4		Simon Peh Yun-lu Template:Zh	7 April 2008	28 March 2011
5	File:特首辦主任陳國基5.jpg	Eric Chan Template:Zh	28 March 2011	5 April 2016
6	File:Erick Tsang 2021 (cropped).png	Erick Tsang Template:Zh	5 April 2016	22 April 2020
7	File:Au Ka-wang.jpg	Au Ka-wang Template:Zh	2 July 2020	19 September 2023
8	File:Benson Kwok Immigration Director first day in office (cropped).jpg	Benson Kwok Template:Zh	19 September 2023	Incumbent