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Immigration and Visa Control
6. The Hong Kong Government are responsible for immigration control into the territory. The Hong Kong Immigration Department also act on behalf of the Home Office in issuing passports, visas or entry certificates for entry to the UK.
7 Immigration from the PRC is subject to special under- (Formal agreement between the Hong dan Mousenment and the Guangdong authorities on the matter was reached in standings with the PRC. The latter do not accept the right December 1982. of the Hong Kong Government to limit immigration from the PRC
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for persons to whom its Government have given permission to travel. But they recognise the need for control and themselves limit the numbers leaving to an average of about 150 a day. About 25% of these are theoretically visitors (though they seldom return to China); the remainder have one-way permits for permanent settlement in Hong Kong- In practice the Hong Kong Government admits these 'legal immigrants', although they regard the numbers permitted to travel as too high and are trying to persuade the PRC to reduce them.
8.
The Chinese co-operate in measures to prevent the unauthorised emigration of people to Hong Kong and accept
back all 'illegal immigrants' caught or discovered in Hong Kong.
Visas for Taiwan Residents
9.
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Department issue visas for the UK to Taiwan residents on
behalf of the Home Office.
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