TNAG-0980-FCO40-1199-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-changes-in-British-nationality-1980 — Page 176

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POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE WHITE PAPER ON BRITISH NATIONALITY

LAW ON A HONG KONG BRITISH PASSPORT HOLDER

CONFIDENTIAL B

PRESENT POSITION

National Status

He is a British Subject: Citizen of the

United Kingdom and Colonies.

EFFECTS OF PROPOSALS IN GREEN PAPER

EFFECTS OF PROPOSALS IN WHITE PAPER

He would be a British Overseas Citizen,

unless his connections with the United

Kingdom qualify him for British

Citizenship, e.g.:

he has settled in the UK for a

specified period of time at the

end of which he is free of any

conditions of stay

He would be a Citizen of the British Dependent

Territories, unless his connections with the

United Kingdom qualify him for British Citizen-

ship, e.g.:

he has settled in the UK for a period of

5 years at the end of which he is free of

any condition of stay

B. Travel Document

He holds a British Passport which

describes his national status as

He would hold a British Passport

which would describe his status as

He would hold a Passport describing his status

as a Citizen of the British Dependent Territories

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