OCMIAN 5995
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PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
121600Z AUG
GRS 1450
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TOP COPY Q DIST
949
RECEIVE
HKK 340/1
27 AUG 1986
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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1725
OF 12160OZ AUGUST 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
194.8 94-5
MY SECOND IPT: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF DRAFT LETTER (FROM HEAD OF NTD) TO HEADS OF
MISSION IN FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.
BEGINS
HONG KONG: BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS): FACILITATING TRAVEL TO
THIRD COUNTRIES
1.
THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 WAS MADE ON 5 JUNE 1986 AND WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON 1 JULY 1987. UNDER THE ORDER, BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS (BDTCS) WHO DERIVE THEIR CITIZENSHIP FROM A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG WILL CEASE TO BE BDTCS FROM 1 JULY 1997. IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ORDER IS TO CREATE A NEW CATEGORY OF BRITISH NATIONALITY, NAMELY BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) (BN(0)). THIS NEW STATUS MAY BE ACQUIRED BETWEEN 1 JULY 1987 AND 30 JUNE 1997 (OR BEFORE THE END OF 1997 BY PERSONS BORN IN THAT YEAR BEFORE 1 JULY) BY BDTCS WHO DERIVE THEIR CITIZENSHIP FROM A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. THE STATUS OF BN(0), WHICH MAY BE RETAINED FOR LIFE, WILL CARRY THE SAME RIGHTS AS THOSE CURRENTLY HELD BY HONG KONG BDTCS EXCEPT THAT IT WILL NOT BE TRANSMISSIBLE TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
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