}
5. IN EFFECT, YES. TERMS OF UK MEMORANDUM MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
BN(0) STATUS WILL ONLY BE ACQUIRED BY THOSE HOLDING OR INCLUDED IN
A BN(0) PASSPORT ON 30 JUNE 1997.
HOW WILL BDTCS BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR BN(0) STATUS?
6. DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND ISSUING
PASSPORTS YET TO BE AGREED WITH GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG. WILL BE
CONCLUDED BEFORE THE ORDER IN COUNCIL COMES INTO EFFECT IN JULY
1987. INTENDED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE APPLICATIONS FOR
BN(0) PASSPORTS ONCE THE ORDER COMES INTO EFFECT.
7. BULK OF WORK IN PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND ISSUING PASSPORTS
WILL BE DEALT WITH IN HONG KONG.
WHAT EVIDENCE WILL BE REQUIRED OF AN APPLICANT FOR BN (0)?
8. THAT HE IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS
DEFINED IN THE ORDER. ADVICE ON THIS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
NATIONALITY SECTION OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN BN(0) PASSPORTS OUTSIDE HONG KONG?
9. YES. INTENDED THAT ELIGIBLE BDTCS OUTSIDE HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE
TO APPLY TO NEAREST BRITISH POST, OR IN UK. APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS
WILL BE MADE FOR THIS.
WILL THERE BE ANY CHARGE FOR REGISTRATION?
10. NO. WILL ONLY CHARGE FOR ISSUE OF BN (0) PASSPORT ISSUE.
WILL BN(O)S REMAIN BDTCS UP TO 30 JUNE 1997?
11. YES, UNLESS THEY RENOUNCE OR ARE DEPRIVED OF BDTC STATUS
BEFORE 30 JUNE 1997.
WHAT HAPPENS TO BDTCS WHO DO NOT BECOME BN(0)S?
12. MOST HONG KONG BDTCS ARE LIKELY TO BE REGARDED BY THE
CHINESE AS THEIR NATIONALS. THOSE WHO ARE NOT, AND HAVE NO OTHER NATIONALITY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS
ON 1 JULY 1997.
WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN BRON AFTER JUNE 1997?
13. PROVISION ALSO MADE FOR ACQUISITION OF BOC STATUS BY
CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN BORN AFTER JUNE 1997 TO FORMER BDTCS
IF SUCH CHILDREN ARE OTHERWISE STATELESS. ORDER WILL THUS MAKE
PROVISION FOR ACQUISITION OF A FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY UNTIL
MIDDLE OF NEXT CENTURY.
WHAT ABOUT BDTCS WHO DO NOT BECOME BN(0)S AND DO HAVE ANOTHER
NATIONALITY?
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