08-JUL-1993
11:09
B4 IND LIVERPOOL
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(vi) insufficiency of British citizenship places available
under the Selection Scheme;
(vii) inadequacy of UK immigration assurance.
They seek full British citizenship and right of abode in the UK.
Government position
these
3. BN(0)/BOC nationality and passports second rate
passports are accepted around the world virtually on the same basis as the BDTC passport; holders do not need entry clearance for admission to the UK (unless they are seeking admission for a purpose, eg settlement, for which entry clearance is mandatory); they give the holder an entitlement to registration as British citizens providing they have completed five years UK residence and have settled status; they also confer commonwealth citizenship. Holders will enjoy British consular protection both in Hong Kong (if they are not Chinese
Chinese nationals as well) and worldwide.
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Right of abode in Hong Kong the Joint Declaration and article 24 (2)(6) of the Basic Law guarantees the ethnic minorities' right of abode in Hong Kong if they do not have a right of abode elsewhere. The Chinese authorities have said that they are keen that people in Hong Kong of non- Chinese race should remain there.
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Those with no
Statelessness they will not be stateless. nationality other than BDTC, BN (0) ΟΙ BOC will retain British nationality either BN (0) or BOC after 1997. None of their children or grandchildren will be stateless. The Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 specifically provides that the children of BDTCS (including those from the ethnic minorities) will have BOC status automatically
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