The United Kingdom – as the former colonial ruler in both places – has a special responsibility to both Hong Kong and Myanmar. The BNO scheme, which took effect this week, is attracting Hong ...

And after a further year, they will be able to apply for citizenship. British National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong were granted special status in the 1980s but currently have restricted ...

The UK could offer British National (Overseas) passport holders in Hong Kong a path to citizenship if China does not suspend plans for a security law in the territory, Foreign Secretary Dominic ...

the UK government established a visa program for people who held British National Overseas passports, created when the UK gave control of Hong Kong to China in 1997. Phipps said family reunion ...

Beijing has said it will stop recognising British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identification documents from Sunday. The action is in retaliation against Britain’s offer of a ...

MPs have called on UK ministers to toughen their approach towards foreign governments which detain British nationals overseas ...

The Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory Citizen passport book is to be changed to include ‘Falkland Islands’ on the front cover, it was agreed a few weeks ago. MLA Mike Summers ...

Throngs of people lined up on Monday at DHL courier outlets across the city, many to send documents to the U.K. to apply for or renew what is known as a British National (Overseas) passport.

BEIJING--China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to ...