Guidance
Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa policy statement (plain text version)
Updated 22 July 2020
Arrivals at the border
We encourage those who may wish to apply for the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa to apply and travel to the UK once it is fully operational from January 2021.
We recognise that there may be a small number of BN(O) citizens who nonetheless wish to travel sooner. In these exceptional circumstances, Border Force Officers will be able to consider granting Leave Outside the Rules (‘LOTR’) for a period of six months to BN(O) citizens and their accompanying dependants at the UK border, if they do not satisfy Border Force that they are eligible for entry via another immigration route. It will still be open to Border Force Officers to refuse individuals entry to the UK where there is good reason to do so.
In line with the eligibility requirements for the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa, individuals will need to be able to demonstrate the following to Border Force Officers:
- that they have BN(O) status – a BN(O) passport is not required as Border Force Officers will be able to access the majority of historical records, although holding current or former BN(O) passports may make the process quicker
- that they are ordinarily resident in Hong Kong
- evidence of dependants’ family links to the main applicant
- the ability to accommodate and support themselves for their initial period in the UK; and
- that they have no serious criminal convictions, have not otherwise engaged in behaviour which the UK Government deems not conducive to the public good, or be subject to other general grounds for refusal set out in the Immigration Rules
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