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THERE WILL HOWEVER BE A CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF ALL BRITISH
PASSPORTS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DECISION TO GIVE A COMMON
FORMAT TO THE NATIONAL PASSPORTS OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MEMBER
.TATES. ONCE THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE, AND THE EXACT TIMING HAS
YET TO BE SETTLED, THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT
ISSUED BY CONSULAR POSTS (AND BY THE UK PASSPORT OFFICES) TO
THOSE BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE NOT UK NATIONALS FOR EC PURPOSES.
THIS PASSPORT, LIKE THE PROPOSED COMMON EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
PASSPORT WILL BE BURGUNDY RED, SOFT COVERED AND OF SMALLER SIZE
THAN THE PRESENT DOCUMENT. ON THE COVER IS LIKELY TO BE THE
WORDING 'UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND'
THE ROYAL EMBLEM AND 'PASSPORT' AND THE WORDING ON THE INSIDE
COVER WILL REFER TO 'HER BRITTANIC MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE'.
IN ALL THESE RESPECTS THE PASSPORT IS LIKELY TO BE VERY SIMILAR
TO THE DOCUMENT ISSUED TO THOSE BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE UK
NATIONALS FOR EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PURPOSES BUT THE LATTER WILL IN
ADDITION CONTAIN THE WORDS 'EUROPEAN COMMUNITY' ON THE COVER.
6. OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS. HONG KONG TO INDICATE WHETHER THEY
INTEND TO CHANGE TO NEW FORMAT FOR BDTC PASSPORTS BUT WITH HONG
KONG ON THE COVER AND THE GOVERNOR'S RUBRIC OR IF THEY WILL USE
UP EXISTING STOCKS OF THE PRESENT HARD BLUE DOCUMENT. CLOSE
SQUARE BRACKETS.
.RICE OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT
7. A FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE BN(0) PASSPORT UNDER THE CONSULAR FEES ACT 1980 (NOT THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS) AND WILL BE STANDARD FOR ALL UK PASSPORT ISSUING POSTS AROUND THE WORLD, SAVE FOR VARIATIONS ARISING FROM RATES OF
CURRENCY EXCHANGE. THE LEVEL OF THE FEE HAS NOT YET BEEN
DECIDED.
8. THE FEE FOR THE BDTC PASSPORT IN HONG KONG WILL BE LEVIED
UNDER THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS AND WILL BE SET BY
THE GOVERNOR. ELSEWHERE IT WILL BE SET UNDER THE CONSULAR FEES
АСТ 1980.
ENDORSEMENTS IN THE BN(0) PASSPORT
9.
BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE ENDORSED TO INDICATE THAT THE HOLDER
HAS A RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG. THE WORDING OF THIS
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