June 1992
Dr Leong Che-Hung
OMELCO Special Working Group
on Nationality
HONG KONG
At
When I came to the meeting with OMELCO during my
last visit to Hong Kong, you referred to rumours that British passports granted under the British Nationality
Scheme were being treated as second class passports.
undertook to look into this and to let you know the
result.
I
have
1.
We have now studied the press article which reported the rumour, and have consulted the Home Office. The Home
a17 Office said that they had received no reports from their
team in Hong Kong that these passports were being treated
any differently from other British passports. As the press report makes clear there is only one type of British passport irrespective of how it was obtained and it is therefore not possible to identify those passports
issued under the British Nationality Scheme.
- I hope that this answers your question.
A GOODLAD