The bureau also decided, in coordination with planned revisions to passport regulations, to eliminate single-trip entry and exit permits in favor of trip-by-trip or multiple entry and exit permits instead. In view of the extension of the effectiveness of passports to six years, the permits may be valid from four to six years in duration.
境管局為配合護照條例施行細則的研修，並決定取消單次入出境證，一律改發逐次加簽證或多次入出境證，其效期亦將隨護照效期延長為六年，酌予延長為四至六年。