TNAG-2935-FCO40-4210-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1993 — Page 67

1996

UNCLASSIFIED

31st March 1997 30th September 1997

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1997 (before 1 July)

LATE APPLICATIONS

4. A set of criteria for accepting late BN (0) applications has been drawn up by HKID. This will be shortly incorporated into DSP. Late applications falling outside these criteria should be referred to HKID for consideration. The Director of Immigration will return to posts for approval those cases he considers acceptable. Those which he rejects will be submitted to the Governor for consideration via an appeals panel. The Governor will have the final decision on all these cases which will then be sent back to posts for processing.

5.

HKID would like to monitor the situation of late applications which have been approved by posts. We should be grateful therefore if all posts could let HKID have these figures at the end of each month starting in November.

6.

The Hong Kong British Nationality Order 1993 also amends the 1981 Act in order to provide a cut-off date for people seeking registration or naturalisation as BDTCs by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong. These applications must be made on or before 31 March 1996.

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