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DRAFT BRIEF 'C'
Type 1 +
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VISAS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN AND GERMANY
Entry Certificates for Hong Kong UK Passport
Holders
1.
Unofficial Members of Executive and Legislative
Councils have for some time been pressing for the
issue of entry certificates for the United Kingdom
with a long-term validity, preferably for up to
4 years.
They claim that it is unreasonable that
they should have to take out entry certificates
every time they travel to the United Kingdom and
that, as UK citizens, they should not be treated
less favourably by the UK Government than they are
treated by the United States Government, which
commonly authorises the grant of 4 year visas to
Hadent
eitizens of Hong Kong.
2.
Visitors from Hong Kong are not bound to take
out entry certificates to the UK, but it is true
that it is very much in their interest to do so in
order to secure trouble-free passage through
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immigration controls on arrival. Entry certificates
are normally valid only for six months although there
is provision for the issue of 12 month entry
certificates to important businessmen who have to
travel frequently.
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