BN (0) Passport
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My hon. Friends Mr. Peter C WONG and Mrs. Selina CHOW
referred to the fact that more people are applying for the
British Dependent Territory Passport than the British National
(Overseas) Passport and asked what the British and Hong Kong
Governments plan to do to ensure that third countries'
immigration officers are familiar with the new passport.
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I would like to take this opportunity to repeat that
the British Government, British missions overseas and the Hong
Kong Government have done a great deal to explain the new
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passport to third countries. Since May, specimen passports
have been handed over to the governments of third countries,
both in Hong Kong and in their capitals. The new passport
should by now be a British travel document well known to
immigration staff. To date, more than 14,500 BN(0) passports
have been applied for. We have no reason whatsoever to
believe that BN (O) passport holders have in practice
encountered any difficulties in their travels.
continue to monitor the situation very closely.
British and the Hong Kong Governments will react immediately
if any problems do arise.
But we will
Both the
To facilitate the reporting of any problems
travellers encounter with the BN (0) passport and to answer any
enquiries on the new passport, the Immigration Department is
in the process of setting up a 'hot line'. We shall publicise
the telephone number as soon as the line is in operation.
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