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they order it. The fee covers the cost of processing the passport and is not variable according to the length of time it will be valid and usable.
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The only possible exception to this, as far as I can see, would be where the BDTC passport was set to expire after June 1996. I wonder in that case whether the holder would be able to obtain a one year renewal (like the British Visitors Passport) and thereby qualify for a reduced fee? Does any such system operate currently in Hong Kong?
Existing BN(0)s
Another type of case where a fee might not be appropriate is where the BN (O) has already given up his BDTC passport "prematurely". This is the person who on registering as a BN (0) gave up a BDTC passport which was valid up to 30 June 1997. In view of our change of policy I doubt whether if he now wishes to have a BDTC passport he should be required to pay for it providing the previous validity period can be ascertained easily. On the other hand any existing BN (0)S who registered and gave up their BDTC passport only when it had expired should, if they now wish to have a new BDTC passport, have to pay for it.
Postdating
Should the BN (O) passport now be post-dated? I personally think this is a non-starter for the following reasons:-
(a) Because of the concentration of work which would be entailed, one could not have 3 million BN(0) passports becoming valid on 1 July 1997 and then all falling due for renewal ten years later.
(b) Some post-dated passports would have photographs 144 years old towards the end of their 10 year validity.
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