Question follow-through · 9925

British National (Overseas): Children

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.

answeredGavin RobinsonHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 18 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 23 Oct 2024
Answer: 23 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Oct 2024
Question tabled
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.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2024
Answer published
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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