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in other ways.
These people would be invited to apply under this
section, and their applications processed as described above.
candidates of the results of their
HKID would notify
applications.
OTHER ISSUES
Spouses and children
34.
This Note has been focused on the selection of up to 50,000
heads of households. Spouses and children under 18 (at the time
of initial application) of successful applicants would be
eligible to seek registration as British citizens and, provided
they applied in time for their applications to be processed by
HKG before 30 June 1997, would normally receive it as a matter
of course. There would, however,
however, be discretion to withhold
citizenship where the Home Secretary was not satisfied that an applicant was of good character.
35. Unlike heads of households, spouses and children would be
eligible regardless of whether they were settled in Hong Kong or
of their nationality. However, where a head of household
contracted a marriage after ceasing to reside in Hong Kong the
spouse would not be eligible for British citizenship under the
Bill.
36.
Children born after the registration of the head of
household, including those born after 30 June 1997, would be
British citizens automatically. (This includes children born to
couples where the spouse was not a British citizen.) Citizenship
would not, however, be transmissible under the Bill to spouses
married after 30 June 1997.
Responsibility for Registration
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