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Certificates of No Criminal Conviction (CNCCs)

23.

statistics.

One of the most widely quoted because it is freely available

freely available and directly under Hong Kong Government control. concerns applications made to the

Police for CNCCs,

for CNCCs, which the main immigrating countries require adult applicants to produce at

produce at some stage in the visa application process. However. statistics on the number of CNCC applications are not synonymous with emigration statistics and must be treated with caution for the following reasons;

(a) CNCC8 Are required for a number of DurDoses of which emigration is only one. albeit the main one. Others are overseas study business OT employment trips and, locally, adoption cases. In addition to the applications lodged locally,

some are also received from persons already overseas. Statistics at Annex TV ¡Hustrate the point.

Taking the average of 1986-89, of the 189,458

In

other

local

of

CNCC

total applications. about 94% were from local which only some 93% were for emigration purpose.

words. applications for emigration purposes accounted for about 87% of total applications.

(b) Not all applications for CNCC are successful.

There is about a 3-4% unsuccessful

rate.

(c) Different countries require the CNCC At different stages of the emigration process and the age cut-off Varjes.

applications for

CNCC

The

thereforTA

number

of

aveludac

children but includes Dersons who subsequently fail to get a visa.

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