BN(O)
status, in accordance wi th
no mal
Therefore
not they apply for
international practice, only one passport will be held. any BDTC who decides to apply for BN (O) status (which in any case is dependent on holding the passport) will be required to give up his
previous BDTC passport.
10.
Apart
passports is sued
from the
endorsement concerning
national
status,
to BN (O) s
will be the same as other British
passports and will have the same 10 year cycles of validity.
years will be issued 5 year passports
renewable for 5 renewable for 5 years)
usual, children
initially,
under 16
11.
BN (0) passports will be issued in the name of Her Britannic
color
Majesty's Secretary of State. This will ensure continuity after 1997. (BDTC passports,
of the Governor which inappropriate for after 1997).
12.
BDTC
are isoned in
the na
people
British passports currently held by Hong Kong BDC will
remain fully valid until their date of expiry.
Returnability to Hong Kong
13.
The British Government have agreed with the Chinese
Government that the passports of BN (O) s will be endorsed as follows:
"The holder of this passport has Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card number (x) which states that the holder has the right of
abode in Hong Kong."
This endorsement will guarantee the holders' returnability to Hong
both before and after
and after i July 1997.
Kong,