Resealing of Foreign Grant in Hong Kong
Sealing or Resealing of Foreign Inheritance in Hong Kong: Overview
According to section 49 of the Probate and Administration Ordinance, if a grant of representation has been obtained in a designated jurisdiction in respect of the estate of a deceased person, the Court of Hong Kong may, on application by the applicant, complete the proceedings of representation in Hong Kong by sealing the grant of representation obtained in the designated country. The designated jurisdictions where the sealing procedure can be applied include Sri Lanka, Singapore, New Zealand, the Australian states of Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia and the Northern Territory, and the United Kingdom.
Sealing or Resealing of Foreign Estates in Hong Kong: Features
By applying for sealing or resealing in the Hong Kong Court of an estate obtained in a designated country, this method is characterized by its simplicity compared to the usual procedure of applying for an estate. (1) The solicitor can sign the affidavit on behalf of the applicant, and the applicant does not need to come to Hong Kong to sign the document, and generally does not need to go through the formalities of notarization of the oath in a foreign country; (2) The Hong Kong court uses the undertaker named in the undertaking obtained in the designated country as the undertaker in Hong Kong and generally does not make too many enquiries or interferences.
Sealing or Resealing of Foreign Estates in Hong Kong: Documents Required
To apply for sealing or resealing in Hong Kong by applying to the Hong Kong court of an estate obtained in a designated country, the main document required is the foreign grant, which needs to be either the original court-sealed document or a copy certified by the foreign court.
Sealing or Resealing of Foreign Inheritance in Hong Kong: Guarantees
In order to apply for sealing or resealing in Hong Kong court of an estate obtained from a designated country, the Hong Kong court may require the applicant to provide security under certain circumstances. The common situations are mainly where the beneficiaries of the estate are minors or where the applicant’s domicile is outside Hong Kong. In some cases, we can apply to the Court on behalf of our clients to be exempted from security.
Application for Resealing of Inheritance Certificates in Hong Kong
We handle a large number of applications for resealing of Singaporean Letters of Assets in Hong Kong.
Application for Sealing of Inheritance Letters in Hong Kong for UK Estates
In the past, many Hong Kong people have emigrated and settled in the UK. As a result, there are more cases of overseas Chinese in the UK applying for re-sealing in Hong Kong of their Letters of Administration in the UK after they passed away, and this is also one of the more frequent cases of re-sealing of Letters of Administration that we have handled.
Resealing of New Zealand and Australian Letters of Administration in Hong Kong
We have also dealt with applications for reprinting of letters of administration of Singapore and Australia in Hong Kong.
Please consult our Hong Kong Inheritance Lawyers team for advice on matters relating to the reprinting of foreign letters of inheritance in Hong Kong, or any other Hong Kong inheritance law matters.
For Hong Kong inheritance litigation, please consult our team of Hong Kong inheritance lawyers.
For Hong Kong Wills and Inheritance, please refer to the Hong Kong Probate and Inheritance page: for contentious Hong Kong Inheritance and Litigation, please refer to the Hong Kong Inheritance Disputes and Inheritance Litigation page. For uncontested inheritance in Hong Kong, please see the page on applying for inheritance in Hong Kong. For matters relating to the making of wills, please refer to the page on making a will in Hong Kong.
(Bob Yan, principal solicitor of Yan Lawyers, solicitors. Email: [email protected], Tel: +852 31881995, +86 15018939249, WhatsApp: +852 5103 9249)