Hong Kong Leading Case sexual orientationindirect discriminationrational connection

QT v Director of Immigration

(2018) 21 HKCFAR 324; [2018] 4 HKC 403

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtHong Kong Court of Final Appeal

Year2018

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Refusing a dependant visa to a same-sex civil partner while granting it to opposite-sex spouses is indirect discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation that cannot be justified; the 'bright-line' marriage criterion was not rationally connected to the policy aims.

Area of Law

Constitutional & Public Law

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