What does bno passport mean?

Bno passport is a British National (Overseas) passport.

British National (Overseas) Passport, English: BN(O) Passport, issued to Hong Kong residents with British National (Overseas) status, 1987 July 1. There are about 3.44 million Hong Kong residents with British National (Overseas) status, and about 6.5438+0.5 million Hong Kong residents with such passports.

From March 30th, 20 19, the British Home Office began to issue passports without the word "EU" on the cover. Bno passport is not British citizenship and right of abode, but the website of the British Election Commission points out that bno passport holders are eligible for federal citizenship. Most of them are held by former British colonial members, and this status cannot be extended to future generations.

Functions of British National Passport

Objectively speaking, this can really prevent the problem of statelessness among Hong Kong residents and make it more convenient for Hong Kong residents to travel. Therefore, perhaps for the convenience of Hong Kong residents, the China government did not block the road during the negotiation of Hong Kong's return to China. The two sides exchanged memoranda on this. The British side explicitly promised not to grant China citizens with BNO passports the right of abode in the UK, but the China government did not recognize them as tourist documents. It's no use taking this passport to Chinese mainland, let alone applying for British consular protection in Chinese mainland.

That is to say, Hong Kong people holding BNO passports are still China citizens, not British citizens, which cannot be denied in black and white. In fact, there is a line on BNO passport indicating that the passport holder holds the identity cards of People's Republic of China (PRC) and China SAR, and what are their numbers.