TNAG-2935-FCO40-4210-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1993 — Page 85

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Proposed Criteria for Accepting Late Applications for BN(0) Registration under Article 4(4) of the Hong Kong British Nationality) Order 1986

General

a Late application. a special

For consideration of accepting circumstance may be

taken as one which provides a good reason for the applicant's failure 11 applying in time. The applicant should furnish documentary evidence to support the reason given.

2.

Special Circumstances

The following special circumstances in respect of late applicants are normally considered as acceptable reasons justifying acceptance of their applications :

(a)

overseas travels on or immediately before their respective cut-off dates:

(b) hospitalisation or medical or health problems encountered on or

immediately before their respective cut-off dates;

(c)

(d)

(e)

imprisonment or detention on their respective cut-off dates:

their not

being able to establish their claim to the HKBDTC status on or before their cut-off dates:

geographical/communication problems as 2 result of their being resident in remote areas/countries without HMG representatives;

(I) full-time students studying overseas;

(g)

the failure of parents/guardians to submit applications on their children's behalf on

before the children's respective cut-off

dates due to reasons stated above; and

(h) their being abandoned children without parents/guardians to submit

applications on their behalf.

3.

Orher Consideration

4.

Other special circumstances put forward by applicants will be considered on their individual merits. In case of doubt, overseas British posts should refer the

the applications to Hong Kong Immigration Department for

consideration.

DSP Promulgation

The

rriteria as mentioned

in

paragraph 2 will be incorporated into Diplomatic Service Procedures so as to provide guidelines for staff of overseas British posts in handling applications from overseas HKBDTCS.

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