New UK citizenship visa route opens for Hong Kong residents
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Updated on
January 31, 2021
British National Overseas passports (BNO) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passports - REUTERS
British National Overseas passports (BNO) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passports - REUTERS×
A new visa route that offers Hong Kong residents the option to apply to come to the UK and become citizens through a fast-track system officially opened on Sunday.
Around 300,000 Hong Kong nationals are expected to apply for the visa, which is open to holders of the British National (Overseas) passport and their immediate dependents and was announced last year in retaliation of China's controversial new National Security Law.