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Rights attached

Status

(1) To visit the United

Kingdom without visa.

(2) To be entitled to

British Consular

Services, Protection

and Assistance

(subject to the master

nationality rule)

(3) To be entitled to

holding British passports after 30 June 1997.

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- Yes.

- Yes.

. No.

Rights of BN (0)s and BOCs who have derived

those statuses under the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986

Annex A

(P.1 of

BDTC having a connection

with Hong Kong

· Yes.

BN(0)

· BN (0) passports also bear the

following endorsement :

"In accordance with the United

Kingdom Immigration Rules, the holder of this passport does not require an entry certificate or visa to visit the United Kingdom."

- Yes. [It is generally accepted under the master nationality rule that if a person who is in a country and is a national of that country under the nationality law of that country may not seek consular protection from another country of which he is also a national. Now Hong Kong Chinese compatriots holding BN (0) passports are considered as Chinese national under the PRC Nationality Lav. has accordingly precluded them from entitlement to British consular protection in the HK SAR and other parts of the PRC.]

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Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

BOC