British National (Overseas)

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British National (Overseas) is a type of British nationality created for certain Hong Kong residents before the 1997 handover, offering consular protection and, more recently, a dedicated immigration route to the United Kingdom.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf class of nationality ⓘ
type of British nationality ⓘ
administeredBy His Majesty's Passport Office ⓘ
Home Office ⓘ
appliesTo British Dependent Territories citizens connected with Hong Kong ⓘ
Hong Kong residents ⓘ
BN(O)VisaRouteGrants pathway to British citizenship after residence ⓘ
pathway to settlement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
BN(O)VisaRouteStartTime 2021-01-31 ⓘ
canBeHeldWith Chinese nationality under PRC law ⓘ
canBeInherited no, status is not generally transmissible to new generations ⓘ
categoryWithin British nationality law ⓘ
citizenshipType non-patrial British nationality ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1985 ⓘ
United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
createdFor Hong Kong residents before the 1997 handover ⓘ
doesNotGrant automatic right of abode in Hong Kong ⓘ
automatic right of abode in the United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement must have been a British Dependent Territories citizen by connection with Hong Kong ⓘ
must have registered before the 1997 handover ⓘ
endOfNewRegistrations 1997-06-30 ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Sino–British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong ⓘ
governingLaw British Nationality Act 1981 as amended ⓘ
grants British passport eligibility ⓘ
UK consular protection outside Hong Kong and mainland China ⓘ
access to certain UK visa and immigration routes ⓘ
hasImmigrationRoute BN(O) visa route to the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasLanguage Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalStatus British nationality without right of abode in the United Kingdom ⓘ
does not automatically confer British citizenship ⓘ
does not automatically confer right of abode in Hong Kong ⓘ
notRecognizedAs foreign nationality by Chinese government within mainland China and Hong Kong ⓘ
passportIssuingAuthority His Majesty's Passport Office ⓘ
passportType British National (Overseas) passport ⓘ
populationEstimate over 2.5 million people eligible at creation ⓘ
recognizedBy United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
registrationDeadline 1997-06-30 ⓘ
relatedTo British Overseas Territories citizen ⓘ
British Overseas citizen ⓘ
British citizen ⓘ
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport ⓘ
linked to: HKSAR passport
shortName BN(O) ⓘ
startTime 1987 ⓘ
stillValidAfterHandover yes ⓘ
successorTo British Dependent Territories citizen status for Hong Kong ⓘ
territorialConnection Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British nationality law → governs → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
British citizenship → coexistsWith → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
British overseas territories citizenship → distinctFrom → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
British passport → eligibleHolder → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
Appendix Hong Kong BN(O) → appliesTo → British National (Overseas) status holders ⓘ
linked to: British National (Overseas)
Appendix Hong Kong BN(O) → hasBeneficiaryGroup → British National (Overseas) citizens from Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: British National (Overseas)
British people → usesCitizenship → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
British Overseas citizenship → distinctFrom → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
British Dependent Territories citizenship → holderMayAlsoBe → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
subject linked to: BDTC
British Dependent Territories citizenship → isDistinctFrom → British National (Overseas) ⓘ
subject linked to: BDTC