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The answer to the first question is that it is contrary to
international passport convention to issue anyone with more than one
current passport save in circumstances where travel to incompatable
countries is involved or where we are satisfied that much travelled
businessmen would be seriously inconvenienced since their passport
often is lodged with foreign embassies for visa purposes.
the number of passports available to the individual brings with it
increased risk of loss, theft and abuse so undermining effective
immigration control. We are concerned also that British nationals
should not get into trouble at foreign ports: we are aware that many
countries object to possession of more than one document and in one
country at least it is a criminal offence.
In the Hong Kong context we judged that the temptation to sell or lend
the second passport would be too great and to have allowed it would
have caused concern to other countries besides the UK. The Hong Kong
government accepted our reasoning making the point that third
passport countries' acceptance of the present BDTC Hong Kong jas well as the
BN(0) passport might be put at risk.
As for the suggestion that holding both passports might give the
traveller the confidence to test the international acceptance of the
BN (0) passport, putting to one side the difficulties which the
traveller might encounter simply for holding two passports, we believe
that to permit such a practice would in fact suggest to third
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