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Q:
What
will!
rege ded
"valid. travel
document"?
A:
3.
Section 114 of Anne: Declaration · also says, "For the purpose of travelling to and from the HKSAR residents E the HKSAR may likevel documents issued by the
HKSAR Government
by other competent authorities of the People's Republic of China, or
of other stater This is to say. passports issued by the HKSAR of the FRC, the PRC passports and the passports esued by foreign countries will be treated as valid travel documents for the purpose of travelling to and from the territory.
of the Sino-British Joint
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As everybody kabwe, valid travel document must be recognized by the local government; it must be applied for and obtained through the proper procedures. Travel documents issued by unrecognized regimes, for instance, will not be accepted. On the other hand, while some governments are recognized, then passports which are not obtained through the proper procedures will not be accepted either. For example, months ago the Public Security ~Bureau of China announced that all passports issued by foriegn countries which are brought by Chinese citizens shall not be recognized. According to the Chinese nationality law, Chinese citizens living in the Chinese territory who wish to obtain the nationality of a foreign country have to apply for permission to relinguish their Chinese nationality. Before they are granted such permission they are not entitled to any consular protection within the Chinese territory nor can
⠀ can they leave the territory with their foreign passport.
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