Written Question·Home Office·UIN 110501

Asylum: Hong Kong

Tabled: 3 February 2026

Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

James Naish

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which exclusions from the BN(O) visa route for Hong Kong born-persons born after 1 Just 1997 and without BN(O) status, contribute to HKSAR passport holder

Answer

Mike Tapp

The BN(O) route reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status at the point of Hong Kong’s handover to China in 1997. To be eligible for the BN(O) route, appl...

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