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NOTICE TO BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) ON VISITING THE UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom welcomes visitors from Hong Kong. This leaflet sets out the

position under the United Kingdom Immigration Rules as at the time of the issue

of your passport. This is reflected in the endorsement on page

which reads:

"In accordance with the United Kingdom Immigration Rules the holde

this passport does not require an entry certificate or visa to visit

the United Kingdom."

Dur

The 1983 Immigration Rules provide that a passenger seeking admission to the

United Kingdom as a visitor must satisfy the immigration officer that the v

stated is genuinely intended. (Paragraph 17 of the Rules, reproduced hely

sets out the full requirements.) Most passengers seeking admission as v s A

have little difficulty in satisfying the immigration officer that they

requirements of the rules for admission as a genuine visitor.

As the endorsement makes clear visitors do not require an entry certificate

visa under the 1983 rules. The entry certificate is however available as a

optional facility if you wish to establish eligibility for admission as a

in advance, Passengers with entry certificates do not then need to satis:

immigration officer as to their visit and may only be refused admission if the

entry certificate was obtained on false representations or if circumstancer

changed. You may apply for an entry certificate at the address below.

If you intend to stay in the United Kingdom other than as a visitor you

obtain information on the entry requirements well before your depast:

the address below.

[Address]

Immigration Rules para 17]

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

7 FEB 1986

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from

This leaflet and the endorsement to which it refers

are subject to any future Immigration Rules.

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only

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which meet

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world not.

reflect the position under the 1983 UK Immigration Rules (HC 169).

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are correct as at the date of issue of your passport.