BN(0) citizen = BDT citizen?

[PDLM]

If I'm not mistaken, all BN(O)s were previously BDTC, but not all BDTC became BN(O) (those that did nothing simply lost any British status). However, previous BDTCs of HK who didn't take BN(O) and who were also not Chinese Citizens of Hong Kong and who didn't have any other citizenship are eligible for British Citizenship in many cases.

See Ethnic Minority Citizenship Applications

[IceEagle]

...ok....so am i correct to say that a BN(O) holder was/used to be BDTC?

Yes. All BN(O) holders used to be Hong Kong BDTCs. Everyone who was a BDTC solely thtough connection via Hong Kong lost it, but those who did not get PRC nationality became BOC (British Overseas Citizens). (A small handful of BDTCs who did not get PRC nationality but applied for BN(O) became solely BN(O)s and held no other citizenship.)

BN(O) was granted by application only, so not every Hong Kong BDTC became a BN(O).

BDTC continued to exist outside of Hong Kong after 1997, and was renamed to British Overseas Territory Citizenship (BOTC) in 2002. However, no one who had BDTC/BOTC only from a territory or territories other than Hong Kong was eligible to apply for BN(O) status. You had to be a Hong Kong BDTC to apply for BN(O) status.

[Elfin safety]

The problem with the BNO passport is that no-one respects it. Not even the British government, which requires BNO pp holders to line up at the queue for foreign (non-British) passport holders at UK border control. And certainly not the Chinese government.

Many countries are not familiar with it at all, so in some cases will either mistakenly treat it favorably as if it was a BC passport; or at the other extreme even suspect it of being a counterfeit - in one reported case, even the local British Consulate wrongly 'verified' a BNO passport as being a fake British passport.

Leaving aside the exorbitiant fee, it's no wonder that the vast majority of people with BNO status have failed to renew it. Most BNOs are Chinese citizens and use the HKSAR pp instead which is much cheaper and has similar visa privileges (or lack of) as the BNO. Those BNO holders who are not Chinese citizens and hold no other nationality are now entitled to full British Citizenship following recent changes in UK nationality law.

[wtbhotia]

Most BNOs are Chinese citizens and use the HKSAR pp instead which is much cheaper and has similar visa privileges (or lack of) as the BNO. Those BNO holders who are not Chinese citizens and hold no other nationality are now entitled to full British Citizenship following recent changes in UK nationality law.

HKSAR passport has better Visa privileges I heard when it comes to travelling in EU.

Had a friend that was on a visit to UK and wanted to visit EU but realised that she practically had to apply a visa for each frigging country, instead she flew back to HK, applied a HKSAR passport and a few months later went to visit EU.