The UK government has announced its intention to expand the special visa scheme for British National (Overseas) status holders to cover young Hongkongers born after the 1997 handover. The scheme was unveiled in July 2020 following the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime’s imposition of a draconian national security law on Hong Kong. It allows BN(O)…
UK to Expand Special Visa Scheme to Cover Hongkongers Born After 1997
February 24, 2022
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Chinese Spies Trying to Enter UK on Hong Kong BN(O) Visas: Report
August 9, 2021
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The Chinese regime is trying to send spies to the UK by abusing a special visa scheme designed to help Hongkongers flee the increasingly harsh crackdown on freedoms in the former British colony, a British newspaper reported on Monday. The UK government is aware of “sleeper agents” working for the Chinese regime applying for UK…
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Nathan Law Granted Asylum in UK
April 8, 2021
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Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said that he has been granted political asylum in Britain, nearly nine months after arrived in London. “After several interviews in 4 months, the Home Office has informed me that my asylum application is approved,” he said on Twitter on Wednesday. “The fact that I am wanted under the…
Boris Johnson Meets Hong Kong Families Who Have Come to UK
March 19, 2021
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a video call on Friday with four families from Hong Kong who came to the UK under the new visa scheme for British National (Overseas) status holders following Beijing’s imposition of the National Security Law. The new visa scheme, which was opened on Jan. 31, was designed to offer…
Hong Kong Residents Now Able to Apply for UK Visas via Smartphone App
February 23, 2021
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Hong Kong British National (Overseas) status holders can now apply for UK visas using a smartphone app, the UK Home Office said on Tuesday. The UK government opened a new visa scheme last month designed to offer BN(O) status holders in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights…
UK Visa Offer Addresses ‘Desperate Need’ of Hongkongers: Simon Cheng
The UK’s new visa programme allowing Hong Kong British National (Overseas) status holders to live in the UK is “very generous” and “addresses the desperate needs of Hong Kong people,” an exiled Hong Kong human rights activist said. BN(O) status holders in Hong Kong and their eligible family members can apply for a visa to live,…
Visa for Hongkongers ‘Will Benefit Britain’: Benedict Rogers
The UK’s new visa scheme for Hong Kong BN(O) status holders will not only help Hongkongers but also benefit Britain, Benedict Rogers, chief executive of British NGO Hong Kong Watch, said on Friday. “Hong Kong people are, as a generalisation, entrepreneurial, dynamic, creative, very educated people with a lot of initiative,” Rogers told NTD on Friday….
HK British National (Overseas) Status Holders Can Take UK’s Visa Offer With Other Documents: UK Foreign Office
Hongkongers with British National (Overseas) status holders can apply for a UK visa without a BN(O) passport, the UK’s Foreign Office said on Friday, after the Chinese regime declared its derecognition of the BN(O) passport. “We are disappointed but not surprised by the Chinese decision not to recognise British National (Overseas) passports,” the Foreign Office said…
Beijing Derecognizes Hong Kongers’ British National (Overseas) Passports
January 29, 2021
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The Chinese regime said on Friday it will stop recognizing British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identity documents in response to Britain’s offer of a pathway to citizenship to millions of Hong Kong residents. This came just hours after the British government announced that a special new visa will be opened for Hong Kong…
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