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Entry to the UK
Happy to confirm that BDTCs and BN (0)s are exempt from any requirement to hold entry certificate or visa to visit UK. BN (0)
passports are endorsed to this effect.
There is no intention of imposing a visa requirement on BN (0)
visitors to UK.
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BN (0) passport holders have same entitlements to enter and leave
the UK as enjoyed by BDTC passport holders.
They can come to visit or study without any prior formalities.
But because they do not have right of abode in UK, certain
categories, primarily those coming with a view to settlement, required to establish their claim beforehand.
Implications for immigration to UK
are
Estimated to be about 20,000 British citizens in Hong Kong.
have right of abode in the UK. BDTCS and BN (O)s do not have the
right of abode in the UK and will not have it in 1997.
Those Hong Kong residents who are subject to UK immigration
control will normally qualify to come here only if they satisfy
requirements of immigration rules.
Accept Hong Kong BDTCs/BN(0)s for resettlement in UK
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Believe it would be wrong to single out Hong Kong BDTCs for
special treatment.
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They
Our aim in negotiating Joint Declaration was to create a secure
future for Hong Kong and an environment in which Hong Kong people
can continue to live and work with confidence.
Believe that we have achieved this.
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But spokesmen for Government made clear during debates on
Nationality Order in Council that if circumstances were to change in future, we would expect Government of the day to consider
sympathetically whether to admit them on a case by case basis.
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