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Immigration of Commonwealth Citizens into
Hong Kong
There has hitherto been virtually no
control over the entry into Hong Kong of
Commonwealth citizens. The Government of
Hong Kong has now decided to introduce a
general scheme of control over the entry
into the Colony of persons from all
Commonwealth countries and dependent
territories, The details of the scheme
and the reasons for its introduction are
set out below.
2.
The main reason for this decision is the
continuing influx into the Colony of unskilled
Pakistanis and Indians. But there is also a
need to control the entry of unskilled persons
from all sources and for this reason and in
order to avoid any appearance of discrimination,
the Hong Kong Government have decided to apply
the controls on a Commonwealth-wide basis (with
the exceptions mentioned in paragraph 4 below).
Method of Control
3.
Persons from Commonwealth countries,
including dependent territories, will require
an entry visa if they wish to enter the Colony
for the purpose of residence or employment.
Commonwealth citizens (with the exceptions of
those mentioned in paragraph 4 below) who
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