TNAG-1385-FCO40-1833-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 59

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SUCH POSTS AT PRESENT ISSUE THE TRADITIONAL BLUE HARD COVER

PASSPORT AND THE FIRST BN(0) PASSPORTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED IN

THAT FORMAT.

5. THERE WILL HOWEVER BE A CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF ALL BRITISH

PASSPORTS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DECISION TO GIVE A COMMON

FORMAT TO THE NATIONAL PASSPORTS OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MEMBER

STATES. ONCE THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE, AND THE EXACT TIMING HAS

YET TO BE SETTLED, THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT

ISSUED BY ISSUING POSTS TO THOSE BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE NOT UK

NATIONALS FOR EC PURPOSES. THIS PASSPORT, LIKE THE PROPOSED

COMMON EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PASSPORT WILL BE BURGUNDY RED, SOFT

COVERED AND OF SMALLER SIZE THAN THE PRESENT DOCUMENT. ON THE

COVER WILL BE THE WORDING 'UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

NORTHERN IRELAND' THE ROYAL EMBLEM AND 'PASSPORT' AND THE WORDING

ON THE INSIDE COVER WILL REFER TO 'HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S

SECRETARY OF STATE'. IT IS ALSO PLANNED THAT ALL REFERENCES TO

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND TRANSLATIONS INTO EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

LANGUAGES SAVE FOR FRENCH AT VARIOUS PLACES INSIDE THE PASSPORT

WILL BE REMOVED. IN OTHER RESPECTS THE PASSPORT WILL BE VERY

SIMILAR TO THE DOCUMENT ISSUED TO THOSE BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE

UK NATIONALS FOR EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PURPOSES BUT THE LATTER WILL

IN ADDITION CONTAIN THE WORDS 'EUROPEAN COMMUNITY' ON THE COVER.

6.

(OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) HONG KONG WILL CHANGE TO THE NEW

FORMAT FOR BDTC HONG KONG PASSPORTS BUT WITH HONG KONG ON THE

COVER AND THE GOVERNOR'S RUBRIC ONCE THE UK GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT. (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS)

PRICE OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT

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A FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE BN(0) PASSPORT UNDER THE

CONSULAR FEES ACT 1980 AND WILL BE STANDARD FOR ALL UK PASSPORT

ISSUING POSTS AROUND THE WORLD, SAVE FOR VARIATIONS ARISING FROM

RATES OF CURRENCY EXCHANGE. THE LEVEL OF THE FEE HAS NOT YET

BEEN DECIDED.

8. THE FEE FOR THE BDTC HONG KONG PASSPORT IN HONG KONG WILL BE

LEVIED UNDER THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS AND WILL BE

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