THOUSANDS OF HONG KONG CITIZENS SIGN UP FOR NEW UK VISA

  • 18/02/2021

Almost 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for a British visa after Beijing's imposition of the national security law in the Asian financial hub last year.London made changes to its visa rules to give millions of Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in Britain after China imposed a new security law that democracy activists say will end the freedoms promised to the territory in 1997.

Under the rules, Hong Kong residents who hold a British National Overseas (BNO) passport will be allowed to live in the United Kingdom for five years and then apply for "settled status" and citizenship.Some 5.4 million Hongkongers could ultimately be eligible for British citizenship under the scheme.Those people had already been offered a temporary settlement in the United Kingdom after fleeing China's security crackdown while waiting for the visa change.

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