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RE ESCRITT
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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B Nelson Esq Treasury
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SUBJECT: HONG KONG: ISSUE OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)
PASSPORTS
Thank you for your letter of 6 January about the issue
of passports to BN(0)s in Hong Kong.
2.
It
I must correct what appears to be a misconception.
is the procedure that we are proposing that is more consist-
ent with our practice elsewhere (i.e. in other dependent
territories). On re-reading my letter to you of 16 December
last, I accept that I may not have made the matter suffic-
iently clear. The passports which the Hong Kong Government
issue at present are not United Kingdom passports. (Appli-
cations from British citizens resident in Hong Kong are sent
to London for processing by the Passport Office).
dependent territories generally the Governor exercises the
royal prerogative in the issue of passports, the name of the
dependent territory is printed on the front cover of pass-
ports, supplies are ordered direct and paid for by the
dependent territory government, and it rests with that
government both to set the passport fee and to use the
revenue as it sees fit.
In
Although we encourage the dependent
territory governments to set their passport fee at a level
comparable to the United Kingdom fee charged under our
Consular Fees Order, there is no compulsion on them to do so.
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