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SSC Procedures & Present Position

4.

steps -

An application in the SSC has to go through the following

(a)

assessment of "sensitivity" claim by responsible Government agencies;

(b)

verification of identity and post held, where applicable, by the Immigration Department;

(c)

checks on personality by both the UK and HK agencies to confirm that the applicant is of good character (this is also required of spouses and minor dren); and

(d)

verification of relationship between the

principal

by

applicant and his dependants by the Immigration Department.

All

5.

The 51 SSC applications in this batch, in which 44 spouses and 50 minor children are included, have gone through the above steps. Personality checks and verification interviews have not revealed any adverse information on any of these applicants or their dependants. the 51 principal applicants and their 94 dependants are suitable for recommendation by the Governor to the Secretary of State for registration as British citizens pursuant to Section 1(1) and Schedule 2 respectively of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990.

6.

Members' agreement to submitting the above cases to the Governor for recommendation to the Secretary of State will be presumed if no comments on the paper are received by 23 November 1992.

Security Branch

Government Secretariat

6 November 1992

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