According to the Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, holders of a tourist passport may not extend their passports or change their reason for obtaining a passport while abroad unless they marry and become a permanent resident in the country they are visiting.
外交部領務司指出，觀光護照原則上不得在國外延期及改變領照事由，除非結婚並取得該國國籍。