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This is certainly the case with BOCs - replacement BOC passports are generally endorsed "Holder is entitled to re-admission to the United Kingdom" when issued to someone who has been "settled" in the UK. I don't know whether the same applies to BN(O)s, although I cannot see a reason why it shouldn't.SWEET_AIR wrote:...(ii) I am a British Overseas Citizen - is it true that a BNO passport holder will not lose ILR even if he/she leaves the country for 2 years after obtainning ILR?
Well, if they say don't complete it........then don't complete it! What are you worried about?Also in the new application form (since 22nd June), it is stated that people who apply for ILR based on long residence criteria do not need to complete section 3 (Finance) of the form. What's your views on this?
It sounds to me like you are a BN(O) rather than a British Overseas citizen. Paul may have a better idea, but it seems to me like your BOC passport was issued by mistake.SWEET_AIR wrote: The only thing that bothered her a bit was that I have two different nationalities on my passport. I am a Hong Kong born chinese holding a BNO passport. My old passport was issued in Hong kong and said my nationality is British (National) overseas. i renewed my passport in 2000 in the London Passport Office - and on that passport my nationality is British Overseas Citizen. I have little knowledge about these two nationalities and never paid any attention to the fact that they are different.
I read from another threat that British Overseas Citizen will never lose their ILR (however this doesn't apply to BNO holder). So in my case, if I don't apply for neaturlisation for a year - and if I leave the UK for more than 2 years - will I lose my ILR? Is my nationality BNO or British Overseas Citizen?
Hello Sweet Air - congrats on the ILR!SWEET_AIR wrote:......The only thing that bothered her a bit was that I have two different nationalities on my passport. I am a Hong Kong born chinese holding a BNO passport. My old passport was issued in Hong kong and said my nationality is British (National) overseas. i renewed my passport in 2000 in the London Passport Office - and on that passport my nationality is British Overseas Citizen. I have little knowledge about these two nationalities and never paid any attention to the fact that they are different.
I read from another threat that British Overseas Citizen will never lose their ILR (however this doesn't apply to BNO holder). So in my case, if I don't apply for neaturlisation for a year - and if I leave the UK for more than 2 years - will I lose my ILR? Is my nationality BNO or British Overseas Citizen?
ppron747 wrote: As I indicated in my earlier post, I don't know whether you risk losing your ILR if you leave UK for more than two years. I know that ILR doesn't expire for BOCs, and my instinct is that the same should apply for BN(O)s, but please don't take this as gospel - I just don't know.
The other category reads:ppron747 wrote:I can't help wondering, though, whether it might be a simple matter of no-one having looked at the issue since BN(O) was created. The two things that all of these statuses have in common are that none of them have the right to live in UK, and all of them are British statuses - I cannot see why BN(O) is excluded.
I'm also absolutely certain that, in the past, I've seen BDTC passports endorsed to the effect that the holder is entitled to re-admission to UK, which implies that the rule also applies to them, although it isn't mentioned in the bit you've snipped from IDIs.
Leaving aside those registered or naturalised as BOTC since 21 May 2002 and who haven't since done a s4A/s5 application for British citizenship, do you mean those from the Sovereign Base Areas?(Although most BDTCs/BOTCs are now British citizens, there are still a few thousand who aren't...)