3.
Q. What status will the PRC passport available to Special Administrative Region residents have after 1997 Will this be equivalent to an ordinary PRC passport?
A. Section XIV of Annex I to the Joint Declaration states that they will be passports of the Hong Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China: they will Kong Special be valid for all states and regions and will record the holder's right to return to the Hong Kong SAR. This is a matter ultimately for the PRC authorities although we expect to be in touch with them on this point before 1997.
Further information therefore be available in due
will It should be noted that Section XIV of Annex I to
Joint Declaration stipulates that "entry into the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of persons from other parts of China shall continue to be requlated in accordance with the present practice." There can thus be no question of mainland Chinese entering Hong Kong to acquire travel documents which might be of more practical value than
documents.
course.
PRC
4. Q. What travel documents will be made available to Hong Kong residents who acquire neither BN (0) status nor PRC citizenship?
A. All Hong Kong BDTCS will lose that status on 1 July 1997 but before that date they are entitled to acquire BN (0) status and the passport that goes with it. If any Hong Kong BDTC does not wish to acquire BN (0) status and if he has no other nationality, then he automatically becomes a British Overseas Citizen on 1 July 1997. He will be eligible to hold a British passport showing that status. For those who are not/not Chinese nationals and who are lawfully resident
resident in the Hong
the Hong Kong SAR, the PRC Government will authorise the Hong Kong SAR Government to issue, in accordance with the law, travel documents of the Hong Kong SAR. Such travel documents will be valid for all states and regions and will record the holder's right to return to the Hong Kong SAR (Section XIV of Annex I to the Joint Declaration refers). This applies equally to non-Chinese who have acquired BN (0) status and
and those who have not.
5.
Q. What arrangements will be made to provide British Overseas Citizens (ie those former Hong Kong BDTCS who did not acquire BN (O) and who would otherwise be stateless) with travel documents?
as
A. The British Consulate-General in the Hong Kong SAR as well all other British passport issuing posts will be able from 1 July 1997 to provide such persons with British passports showing their national status as British Overseas Citizen.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.