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(c) It would be impossible to post-date in every case.
the case where the BDTC passport expires in 1995 and the
holder does not wish to renew it but wants a BN (0) passport
effective from 1995.
(d) A half million BN (0) passports have already been issued with different start dates. Uniform post-dating of the next 3
million would be a recipe for chaos.
BN (0) passport with BDTC endorsement
Another possible solution which would avoid most of the difficulties would be for a BNO passport simply to be endorsed
to show that the holder was also a BDTC. Would this be
acceptable to Legco and in Hong Kong generally? Would there be any difficulty with the Chinese if there were passports in
existence after 30 June which referred to the holder as also
having Hong Kong BDTC status? A terminal date for its valididty would of course be built into any endorsement.
(Hong Kong, please comment).
British citizens who are also BDTCS/BN (O) s
We need to give some thought to whether we should amalgamate
passports where an applicant has three statuses prior to 1997
ie. BC, BDTC and BN (O). Do we wish that person to have
three passports or do we wish to have the BC passport
incorporate BN (0) status as well? I think the latter would
be preferable so that the BDTC-only passport expired in 1997
leaving the individual with a BC/BN (0) passport after that.
(There is some slight advantage in terms of transmissibility
of citizenship to future generations in a BC retaining his
BN (0) status).
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