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AND HAVE BN(0) PASSPORTS. REGISTRATION AND ISSUE OF PASSPORT WILL BE PART OF INDIVISIBLE PROCESS,
REGISTRATION FORMALITIES BEING KEPT TO A MINIMUM.
WILL IT BE COMPULSORY FOR BN(0)S TO HOLD BN(0) PASSPORTS?
4.
IN EFFECT, YES. TERMS OF UK MEMORANDUM MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT N(0) STATUS WILL ONLY BE ACQUIRED BY THOSE HOLDING
OR INCLUDED IN A BN(0) PASSPORT ON 30 JUNE 1997.
HOW WILL BDTCS BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR BN(0)?
5.
6.
DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND
ISSUING PASSPORTS YET TO BE AGREED WITH GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG. WILL BE CONCLUDED BEFORE THE ORDER IN COUNCIL
COMES INTO EFFECT IN JULY 1987. INTENDED THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE APPLICATIONS ONCE THE ORDER COMES
INTO EFFECT.
BULK OF WORK IN PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND ISSUING
PASSPORTS WILL BE DEALT WITH IN HONG KONG.
WHAT EVIDENCE WILL BE REQUIRED OF AN APPLICANT FOR BN(O)?
7.
THAT HE IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG
KONG AS DEFINED IN THE ORDER. HOW THIS IS DONE IS
PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
YES.
WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN BN(0) PASSPORTS OUTSIDE HONG KONG? 8.
INTENDED THAT ELIGIBLE BDTCS OUTSIDE HONG KONG WILL
BE ABLE TO APPLY TO NEAREST BRITISH POST, OR IN UK.
APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THIS.
WILL THERE BE ANY CHARGE FOR REGISTRATION?
9.
NO.
WILL ONLY CHARGE FOR BN(0) PASSPORT ISSUE.
WILL BN(0)S REMAIN BDTCS UP TO 30 JUNE 1997?
10.
YES.
WHAT HAPPENS TO BDTCS WHO DO NOT BECOME BN(0)S?
11.
MOST HONG KONG BDTCS ARE LIKELY TO BE REGARDED BY THE
CHINESE AS THEIR NATIONALS. THOSE WHO ARE NOT, AND HAVE
NO OTHER NATIONALITY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME BRITISH
OVERSEAS CITIZENS ON 1 JULY 1997.
WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN BORN AFTER JUNE 1997?
12.
PROVISION ALSO MADE FOR ACQUISITION OF BOC STATUS BY
CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN BORN AFTER JUNE 1997 TO
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