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FOLLOWING IS AN EXPLANATION OF ARRANGEMENTS TO ISSUE BN(0)

PASSPORTS.

BEGINS. AN EXPLANATION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ISSUE OF BN(0)

PASSPORTS

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISSUE

1.

BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE ISSUED IN HONG KONG BY THE GOVERNOR ACTING AS AGENT OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO APPLY ALSO FOR PASSPORTS FROM PASSPORT OFFICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FROM CONSULAR POSTS OVERSEAS. 2. THE GOVERNOR WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUE OF

BDTC PASSPORTS.

3.

THE FACT THAT BN(0) PASSPORTS ARE ISSUED IN THE NAME OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY RATHER THAN THAT OF THE GOVERNOR WILL ENABLE THE PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED IN THE SAME FORM

AFTER 1 JULY 1997 AS BEFORE.

PASSPORT FORMAT

4.

THE FORMAT OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT ISSUED BY CONSULAR POSTS TO OTHER BRITISH NATIONALS. 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.

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