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Certificates of No Criminal Conviction (CNCCs)

statistics.

23.

One of the most widely quoted

because it is freely available and directly under Hong

Kong Government control. concerns applications made to the

Police for CNCCs, which the main immigrating countries require adult applicants to produce at some stage in the

visa application process.

However. statistics On

number of CNCC applications are not synonymous with emigration statistics and must be treated with caution for the following reasons;

the

(a) CNCCS Are required for a number of DUIDOSes of

which emigration is only one. albeit the main

one. Others are overseas study business or employment trips and, locally,

locally, adoption cases.

In addition to

to the applications lodged locally,

also received from persons already

Statistics at Anney TV Hustrate the

some are

overseas.

(b)

point.

Taking the

average of

of 1986-89, of the 189,

189,458

total applications. about 94% WATA from local of

which only some 93% were for emigration

purpose.

In

other

words.

local

CNCC

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

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 the age cut-off varies.

applications for

CNCC

The

therefлTO

process

number

and

of

aveludac

children but includes Dersons who subsequently

fail to get a visa.

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