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FCO TELNO 30 AND HONG KONG TELNO 2 TO ATTC TAIPEI: RENEWAL OF UK
PASSPORTS IN TAIWAN.
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WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF BRITISH
CITIZENS AND BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZENS CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG IN TAIWAN. AT PRESENT, UK PASSPORT APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY MAIL FROM TAIWAN TO HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT DIRECT BY THE APPLICANTS, AND BDTC/BN (0) PASSPORT APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED THROUGH LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES I.E. FRIENDS, RELATIVES OR REPRESENTATIVES ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS.
THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS IN THIS RESPECT MAY SERVE AS A ROUGH
INDICATION OF THE LIKELY DEMAND:
NO. OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED:
UK PASSPORTS
BDTC/BN(0) PASSPORTS
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
43
260
51
39
47
80
205
237
227
209
2.
HOWEVER, AS POINTED OUT IN SECOND TUR, OUR BN(0) PASSPORT PHASED PROGRAMME TO BE LAUNCHED IN A FEW MONTHS TIME IS LIKELY TO
GREATLY INCREASE PASSPORT RENEWAL WORKLOAD. THIS POTENTIAL GROUP WILL ALSO INCLUDE MINORS, WHO WILL NEED TO APPLY FOR HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS THROUGH YOU AT THE SAME TIME IF THEY APPLY FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS.
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THERE IS ALSO THE PUBLICITY ANGLE WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO
CONSIDER FURTHER. ONCE THE UK ORDER IN COUNCIL GIVING EFFECT TO THE BN (0) PHASED PROGRAMME IS IN PLACE, WE WILL LAUNCH A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO ADVISE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR BN (0) PASSPORT TO COME FORWARD BY AGE GROUPS WITHIN SPECIFIC TIMES. OUR TARGET AUDIENCE WILL INCLUDE OVERSEAS HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. WE HAVE NOT DECIDED ON A FIRM PLAN ON HOW TO REACH OUT TO THIS GROUP OF HONG KONG PEOPLE BUT IT IS LIKELY WE SHALL SEEK
ASSISTANCE FROM VISA POSTS AND/OR OUR OVERSEAS OFFICES. ALTHOUGH
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