HKSAR seamen's travel documents
Annex F
Seafarers who are HKBDTC's get Seamen's Certificates of Nationality and Identity (SCNIs). Those who are not eligible to become HKBDTCS get Seamen's Identity Books (SIBs). After 30 June 1997, because of the explicit reference to British
nationality, SCNIS will cease to be valid; the Chinese have agreed that we may issue SIBS up to and including 30 June 1997; they will be valid beyond 1997 until they expire, ten years after issue. Their holders will then require HKSAR seamen's travel documents.
Our proposal
2.
We propose
(a) eligibility
After 30 June 1997, seafarers who have right of abode, or unconditional stay, in the HKSAR and who cannot obtain national passports or travel documents of other countries or territories should be eligible for a HKSAR Seamen's Identity Book.
(b) re-admission to the HKSAR
Seamen holding HKSAR Seamen's Identity Books should be re-admitted to the HKSAR without restriction during the validity of their documents and for 12 months following their expiry.
(c) validity: ten years plus 12 months after
expiry.
(d) remarks :
China has not yet become a party to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 108. In 1987 the International Rights and Obligations Sub-group of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group reached an agreement on the continued participation of Hong Kong in the ILO and the continued application of ILO Conventions in Hong Kong after
30 June 1997. The British and Chinese Governments respectively communicated a