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  1. #251

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    But then I also came across support groups for frustrated offspring of pre-handover parents who refused to apply a BNO for them before the handover. (Some of those parents sound very delightful, to put it politely). Another article which suggests that it's only possible if a parent had BN(O) status and said child was < 16 at the time and listed in that passport. Assuming parents of pre-1997 kids traveled abroad, and therefore needed a passport, I'd assume quite a few kids might fit in this category? Possibly another source of confusion on this matter, with some kids being eligible and others not.

    Perhaps it's worth writing to the HMPO email address cited anyways to check... as the article says, that won't cost anything so there's no loss in asking.

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    To #341:

    1. British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) and British Overseas Citizen (BOC) are two separate classes of (quasi-)British nationalities. They are not synonymous.

    2. Ethnic Chinese resident in HK and born in China (including HK, either before or after the handover) have always been regarded, either before or after the handover, as Chinese nationals by mainland China. The UK acknowledges this position. Hence most HK Chinese were not people who "had no other nationality or citizenship on 30 June 1997."

    3. All people with the BN(O) status applied for and received their first BN(O) passports before the handover or right thereafter (for people born very close to the handover) (or were listed as minor children in their BN(O) parents' BN(O) passports). It is not possible to apply for the first BN(O) passport after the handover (save for the exception mentioned above). If someone's name has never appeared in a BN(O) passport, s/he does not have the BN(O) status. Period. Once acquired the status is valid for life unless renounced, even though the BN(O) passport may be allowed to expire and not renewed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ndt:
    As far as i know, your understanding is correct, those who did not apply for BNO before 1997 can not apply now. Otherwise it would practically make 90% of HK eligible for BNO (i.e. Anybody with HKPR before 97) and not the 3M something that UK estimated!!!
    There were non-British (non-BDTC to be specific, BDTC=British Dependent Territories Citizen) HKPRs before 1997 just as there are non-Chinese HKPRs now. A significant portion of pre-1997 HKPRs were non-British (mainly migrants from the mainland) and they were not eligible to register for the BN(O) status directly (although they could first naturalize as BDTC and then register for BN(O)). Therefore there are actually two groups of people among pre-1997 HKPRs that do not have the BN(O) status: those who were BDTCs in connection with HK but failed to register for BN(O) before the handover and those who were non-British. If the registration for the BN(O) status is to reopen now, another can of worms will be opened: Should the non-British pre-1997 HKPRs be eligible?
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    Quote Originally Posted by desantis:
    What can you actually do with a BNO? Can you just pull up to Britain and start working right away?
    Yup, once you get the BNO UK visa, u enter into UK and can find a job immediatley.