Written Question·Home Office·UIN 9925

British National (Overseas): Children

Tabled: 18 October 2024

Answered: 23 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party — Belfast East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide British citizenship to the children of British National (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong that are in the UK.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

British National (Overseas) status holders who are on the BN(O) route in theUK may apply for British citizenship after 5 years’ qualifying residence, and being free from immigration time restrictions for a further year.Their children who have come to the ...

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