TNAG-1406-FCO40-1881-Future-of-Hong-Kong-passports-and-visas-1985 — Page 196

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PRITISH EMBASSY

35 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré

75383 Paris Cedex 08

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CONSULAR SECTION BRITISH EMBASSY

2 Cité du Retiro 75008 Paris

Tél. : 266.91.42

5 June 1985

Mr Kuo Ket-chen

Immigration Department

61 Mody Road

Kowloon

Hong Kong

Our ref: K349/2

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1. Thank you for the copy of your letter (89) in IMM/ CR 1113 of 28 May addressed to Robert Miller in MVD. am sorry to say I cannot send you a copy of the French Consulate General letter of 10 August 1983. When I not- iced a reference to it a little earlier this year, I recognised that a copy could be useful and hunted for it, but in vain.

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Among the enclosures to your letter, however, is a copy of another French Consulate General letter, dated 13 December 1984. It, too, confirms that holders of Hong Kong British passports do not need a visa for a stay of under 3 months. The reason I am pleased to have it handy is that we occasionally get a telephone call from the airport about some difficulty or doubt over admitting a BDTC of Hong Kong. Time is short on such occasions and it is good to have and to be able to quote a French authority as confirming that a visa is not necessary for short visits.

3. We recognise, naturally, that non-visa nationals do not have a right of entry to France, and need to be able to satisfy the immigration officer as to the purpose of their visit, the adequacy of their means etc.

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D M Mitchell

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R J Miller Esg, MVD