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TO ENSURE CONTINUITY AFTER 1997 PASSPORTS ISSUED TO
BN (0)S IN HONG KONG, AS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AT OVERSEAS POSTS, WILL BE ISSUED BY HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE. (PASSPORTS ISSUED IN HONG KONG TO BDTCS, BEING ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR, WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CONTINUED USE AFTER 30 JUNE 1997.) PASSPORTS ISSUED TO BN (0)S WILL HAVE THE SAME TEN YEAR CYCLE OF VALIDITY AS OTHER BRITISH PASSPORTS.
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BDTC PASSPORTS CURRENTLY HELD BY HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL REMAIN FULLY VALID UNTIL THEIR DATE OF EXPIRY OR UNTIL THEY ARE HANDED IN ON APPLICATION FOR A BN (0) PASSPORT. NO BDTC PASSPORT ISSUED TO A HONG KONG BDTC FROM 1 JULY 1987 WILL BE VALID BEYOND 30 JUNE 1997. SUCH PASSPORTS ISSUED IN HONG KONG UNTIL THAT DATE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR.
RETURNABILITY TO HONG KONG
10. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAVE AGREED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAT THE PASSPORTS OF BN (0)S WILL BE ENDORSED AS FOLLOWS :
''THE HOLDER OF THIS PASSPORT HAS HONG KONG PERMANENT
IDENTITY CARD NUMBER (XYZ) WHICH STATES THAT THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.''
THIS ENDORSEMENT WILL GUARANTEE THE HOLDER'S RETURNABILITY TO HONG KONG, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER 1 JULY 1997. BN(0)S WILL IN FACT HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME RETURNABILITY TO HONG KONG AS BDTCS FROM THE TERRITORY.+ IT HAS BEEN AGREED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS THAT THE PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS REFERRED TO IN THIS ENDORSEMENT ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UP TO 30 JUNE 1997 WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AFTER THAT DATE UNTIL REPLACED BY PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT AND THAT SUCH REPLACEMENTS WILL BEAR THE SAME NUMBER.
NUMBERS
11. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION HONG KONG BDTCS OF WHOM JUST OVER ONE MILLION HOLD PASSPORTS IN THAT STATUS. ALL HONG KONG BOTCS WILL BE ENTITLED TO ACQUIRE BN (0) STATUS AND THE PASSPORT WHICH GOES WITH IT BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY WILL APPLY.
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