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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1987

NEW BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED

1987,

VIRTUE

JULY

OF A

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT AS FROM BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS BY CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG, E.G. BY BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG, MAY ACQUIRE THE STATUS OF BRITISH (OVERSEAS) AND A BRITISH PASSPORT THAT GOES WITH THIS STATUS.

NATIONAL

"THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF BRITISH PASSPORT AT THEIR CHOICE,

CITIZENS PASSPORT NAMELY, A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

WHICH 19 PASSPORT (OVERSEAS)

BOTH

VALID UNTIL JUNE 30, 1997 OR A BRITISH NATIONAL WHICH IS VALID FOR TEN YEARS, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HOLD TYPES OF PASSPORT AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER EXPLAINED.

"

CITIZEN "A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

PASSPORT CANNOT BE RENEWED AFTER JUNE 30, 1997, WHEREAS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)

CAN PASSPORT

BE RENEWED AFTER THAT DATE.

DEPENDENT BRITISH COURSE CONTINUE TO USE TERRITORIES CITIZENS MAY OF

THEIR CURRENT

PASSPORT.

THE

EXCHANGE

OF

THEIR NATIONAL

FOR "IF, HOWEVER, THEY WISH TO APPLY BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN PASSPORT FOR A BRITISH (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT, THIS MUST BE DONE BEFORE JULY 1, 1997," HE ADDED.

NATIONAL BRITISH

(OVERSEAS) PASSPORT WILL INCLUDE AN A HONG ENDORSEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE HOLDER OF THE PASSPORT HAS

HAS THE RIGHT OF KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD WHICH STATES THAT HE ABODE IN HONG KONG.

THE

THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER ANNOUNCED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 1987, HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY WHICH IS VALID FOR WILL ALSO INCLUDE A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT.

1.

JULY TEN YEARS

"APPLICANTS FOR THE BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS)

PASSPORT AND JULY

1987, IDENTITY CARD,

FROM TO BE ISSUED HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY, ARE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO HOLD A HONG KONG PERMANENT THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

1.

FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE A HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD,

OR HONG THEIR APPLICATION FOR A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY WILL NORMALLY TAKK TUREK WEEKS. FOR THOSK WHO DO NOT HAVE A HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD, ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR ONE AT A NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE OFFICE.

AT THE SAME TIME AND WILL THE TWO APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED NORMALLY TAKE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS.

'A GENERAL GUIDE TO

ARE

THE BRITISH TO APPLY FOR A AVAILABLE

ANY AT

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT' AND A LEAFLET ON 'HOW HONG

OF IDENTITY'

KONG CERTIFICATE

IMMIGRATION OR DISTRICT OFFICES.

NOW

THEY CAN

ALSO

FOR

THE NEW PASSPORT ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ENQUIRE ABOUT 3-7395577 (CHINESE SPEAKERS ) OR 3-7396677 (ENGLSIH SPEAKERS) FOR INFORMATION ON BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT. CALL 3-7396811 (CHINESE SPEAKERS) OR 3-7333111 (ENGLISH SPEAKERS) INFORMATION ON HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY.

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