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Nationalities listed in gov.uk showing Hong Konger.. British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has changed over time since it became a British colony in 1842. . Hongkongers were given various nationality statuses, such as British subjects, Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, British Dependent Territories Citizen and British Nationals (O
The British and Chinese governments entered negotiations over the future of Hong Kong in the early 1980s and agreed on the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984. [13] The basic principles for the right of abode are set as part of this treaty [14] and further defined in the Hong Kong Basic Law, [15] which encompass the right to land with the added entitlement that a bearer cannot be deported.
Between 1991 and 1996 there was a substantial increase in the number of British citizens in Hong Kong; the number of UK passport holders in Hong Kong more than doubled, to over 34,000. This increase was mainly due to the British Nationality Selection Scheme , which granted British citizenship to 50,000 families (mostly ethnic Chinese), some of ...
The British Nationality (Hong Kong) Selection Scheme, usually known in Hong Kong as simply the British Nationality Selection Scheme (BNSS), was a process whereby the Governor of Hong Kong invited certain classes of people, who were permanent residents of Hong Kong with the right of abode, and who were also considered British nationals under the British Nationality Act 1981, but were not ...
The earliest inhabitants of Hong Kong were indigenous villagers such as the Punti and Tanka, who inhabited the area prior to British colonization. Though Hong Kong is home to a number of people of different racial and ethnic origins, the overwhelming majority of Hongkongers are of Han Chinese descent.
British National (Overseas), abbreviated as BN(O), is a class of British nationality associated with the former colony of Hong Kong.The status was acquired through voluntary registration by individuals with a connection to the territory who had been British Dependent Territories citizens (BDTCs) before the handover to China in 1997.
As of 2006, an estimated 36,000 British people live in China, including those living in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. [1] A different estimate puts the number of Britons in China (including Hong Kong) at 3,752,031, [2] [3] the majority of which are those in Hong Kong who have continued to possess British nationality, particularly the British nationals (overseas) status ...
British Hong Kong; British nationality law and Hong Kong; Hong Kong English This page was last edited on 4 November 2013, at 03:14 (UTC). Text is available under ...