Hongkong Post e-Cert

Renewal of e-Cert

e-Cert (Personal) certificate
- Extension of Subscription Period
- Certificate Renewal
e-Cert (Organisational) certificate
e-Cert (Encipherment) certificate
e-Cert (Server) certificate
e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificate
Bank-Cert (Personal) certificate
Bank-Cert (Corporate) certificate
Bank-Cert (Bank) certificate
g-Cert (Individual) certificate
g-Cert (Functional Unit) certificate
iAM Smart-Cert certificate

1. e-Cert (Personal) certificate

1.1 Extension of Subscription Period (applicable to e-Cert (Personal) only)

The e-Cert (Personal) is physically valid for three years and its subscription period is one year. Subscribers may choose to pay the annual subscription fee in order to extend the subscription period. At present, the annual subscription fee for e-Cert is HK$48. If a Subscriber does not continue the subscription after the expiry of the subscription period, Hongkong Post will inactivate the e-Cert by suspension or revocation. According to the Electronic Transactions Ordinance, the inactivated certificates will be included in the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) published on Hongkong Post web site. To know more about the methods of extending the subscription period, please refer to Table 1.

1.2 Certificate Renewal

e-Cert (Personal)

The validity period of e-Cert (Personal) is three years. Subscribers may renew their certificates before the expiry of the three-year validity period of the e-Cert (usually within 3 weeks' time before the expiry of the certificate). The renewal fee for the first year subscription period of the renewed e-Cert is HK$48. The renewed e-Cert will be stored in the e-Cert storage medium selected by the Subscriber and will be sent to the Subscriber through registered mail after completion of the renewal application. To know more about the methods of renewing e-Cert (Personal), please refer to Table 1.

Table 1

	Extend Subscription Period	Certificate Renewal
Online Application	YES [Pay Now]	YES [Apply Now]
Attend to any post offices in person	YES	YES [Download Form]
Reply the "Subscription Expiry Notice" email to enquiry@eCert.gov.hk with e-Cheque attachment	YES [Importand Note]	NO

e-Cert (Personal) with "Mutual Recognition" Status

The validity period of e-Cert (Personal) with "Mutual Recognition" Status is 1 year, 2 years or 3 years according to applications. Subscribers may renew their certificates before the expiry of the validity period of the e-Cert (usually within 3 weeks' time before the expiry of the certificate).
Subscribers using e-Cert Token (SafeNet) can download New / Renewal Application Form for e-Cert (Personal) with "Mutual Recognition" Status Certificate (e-Cert Token (SafeNet)) (CPos 798AMR-S) (PDF Format).
Subscribers using e-Cert Token (FEITIAN) can download New / Renewal Application Form for e-Cert (Personal) with "Mutual Recognition" Status Certificate (e-Cert Token (FEITIAN)) (CPos 798AMR-F) (PDF Format).
About choosing of e-Cert Token types, please refer to the webpage: https://www.eCert.gov.hk/product/ecert/type/per/pmr_text.html
Subscribers submit the completed forms with the required documents and appropriate renewal application fees in person to any post office. To know more about the methods of renewing e-Cert (Personal) with "Mutual Recognition" Status, please refer to Table 2.

Table 2

	Certificate Renewal
Online Application	YES [Apply Now]
Attend to any post offices in person	e-Cert Token (SafeNet) Users YES [Download Form] e-Cert Token (FEITAIN) Users YES [Download Form]

2. e-Cert (Organisational) certificate

The Authorised Representative ("AR") of the organisation can download the renewal application form
and then submit the completed forms with the required documents and appropriate renewal application fees in person to any post office.

3. e-Cert (Encipherment) certificate

The Authorised Representative ("AR") of the organisation can download e-Cert (Encipherment) Renewal Application Form (CPos 792E) (PDF Format) and submit the completed forms with the required documents and appropriate renewal fees in person to any post office.

4. e-Cert (Server) certificate

Extended Validation e-Cert (Server) and Extended Validation e-Cert (Server) with "Multi-domain" feature are available for application. For details, please refer to the relevant announcement.
e-Cert (Server) with "Wildcard" feature and e-Cert (Server) with "Multi-domain" feature are available for application. For details, please refer to the relevant announcement.
The Authorised Representative ("AR") of the organisation can download e-Cert (Server) Renewal Application Form (CPos 792S) (PDF Format) and submit the completed forms with the required documents and appropriate renewal fees in person to any post office.
For renewal application of Extended Validation e-Cert (Server) and Extended Validation e-Cert (Server) with "Multi-domain" feature, if the applicant organisation with Business Registration Certificate only, please also download Supplementary Application Form for Hongkong Post Extended Validation e-Cert (Server) (CPos 798FEV) (PDF Format) and submit the completed forms with required documents.
After receipt and approval of renewal, Hongkong Post will send a Certificate Signing Request ("CSR") email to request AR to generate the CSR from the server concerned and upload it to Hongkong Post for further process of application.
- Upload the Certificate Signing Request ("CSR")
- You may read e-Cert (Server) User Guide for more information on the procedures of CSR upload.
You may read the application workflow (PDF Format) for more information.

5. e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificate

Currently, e-Cert (Organisational Role) certificates are offered to the Subscriber Organisation(s) as listed in the following table. The corresponding Registration Authority will notify Subscriber to renew their certificates prior to the expiry of the certificates' validity period.

Name of Subscriber Organisation	Corresponding Registration Authority	Web site
Hospital Authority	Hospital Authority	www.ha.org.hk
CUHK Medical Centre	CUHK Medical Centre	www.cuhkmc.hk
Gleneagles Hospital	Gleneagles Hospital	www.gleneagles.hk

Subscribers can refer to the corresponding Registration Authority for details.

6. Bank-Cert (Personal) certificate

The Registration Bank will notify the Subscriber to renew their certificates prior to the expiry of the certificates' validly period
Subscribers can refer to their respective Registration Banks for details

7. Bank-Cert (Corporate) certificate

The Registration Bank will notify the Subscriber to renew their certificates prior to the expiry of the certificates' validly period
Subscribers can refer to their respective Registration Banks for details

8. Bank-Cert (Bank) certificate

The Authorised Representative of the Licensed Bank can download the Application Form (CPos 798FB) and then submit the completed forms with the required documents (PDF Format) and appropriate application fees in person to HKPCA.

9. g-Cert (Individual) certificate

The Bureau/Department/Office of the Government of Hong Kong SAR ("B/D/O") will notify Subscriber to renew their certificates prior to the expiry of the certificates' validity period.
Subscribers can refer to their respective B/D/O for details.

10. g-Cert (Functional Unit) certificate

The Bureau/Department/Office of the Government of Hong Kong SAR ("B/D/O") will notify Subscriber to renew their certificates prior to the expiry of the certificates' validity period.
Subscribers can refer to their respective B/D/O for details.

11. iAM Smart-Cert certificate

"iAM Smart" system will notify Subscriber to renew their certificates prior to the expiry of the certificates' validity period.

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