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FM IMMIG HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY BANGKOK
TELNO 44
OF 210723Z SEPTEMBER 93
INFO PRIORITY FCO
YR TELNO 048 OF 8/9.
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HKD 370/1
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2 2SEP 1993
DESK OFFICEF
INDEA
APPLICATIONS FROM PRISONERS FOR BN (0) PASSPORIS
242
065512
MDLIAN 8383
اذا
Action TaxS
1. TO ENSURE THAT ALL HONG KONG BDTCS LIVING ABROAD ARE AWARE OF THE FINAL DATES FOR RECEIPT OF BN (0) PASSPORT APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE PROVIDED OVERSEAS POSTS WITH INFORMATION LEAFLETS (ID639A) FOR DISTRIBUTION TO POTENTIAL BN (0) REGISTRANTS. FOR THOSE HONG KONG BDTCS IN THAI PRISONS, IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF EACH OF THEM COULD BE GIVEN A COPY OF THE LEAFLET IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
2.
PRISONERS ELIGIBLE FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT IF THEY WANT TO TRAVEL ON BRITISH PASSPORTS AFTER 1997, THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS ON OR BEFORE THE RELEVANT FINAL DATES. WE PRESUME THAT THEY CAN SEND YOU THEIR APPLICATIONS DIRECT FROM PRISON OR VIA CONSULAR OFFICERS DURING THE LATTERS' REGULAR PRISON VISITS.
3. FOR PRISONERS DISCHARGED BEFORE JANUARY 1997, THEY MAY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR BNCO) PASSPORTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON. IF THEIR DATES OF RELEASE FALL AFTER THE RELEVANT FINAL DATES, THEIR APPLICATIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE 'SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES' AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 4(4) OF THE 1986 ORDER.
4. FOR PRISONERS WHOSE PRISON TERMS STRADDLE DECEMBER 1996, WE SUGGEST YOU SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF THAI PRISONS AUTHORITIES SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS TO BE ISSUED TO SUCH PRISONERS BEFORE JULY 1997. YOU MAY WISH TO NOTE THAT FOR PRISONERS IN HONG KONG, WE INTEND TO CONDUCT PRISON VISITS IN 1996 SO THAT THEIR BN (0) PASSPORT APPLICATIONS CAN BE FINALISED BEFORE EARLY 1997.
5.
OUR COMMENTS, IN SERIATIM, ON THE POINTS RAISED IN PARA 3 OF TUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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