Hong Kong BN(O) Visa
A new immigration route for British National (Overseas) citizens and their dependents, to have the right to work and study in the UK for 5 years. The applicant and their family members will be able to apply to settle in the UK once they lived there for 5 years, and apply for British citizenship 12 months later. If you have any immigration inquiries, please feel free to call us at 852-3568 1436.
Advantages of Hong Kong BN(O) Visa
- Flexible to apply for an initial period of 30 months, extendable by a further 30 months, or a single period of 5 years
- Right to work
- Enjoy free education of primary and secondary public school
Application Date
31st January 2021
Requirement
- have BN(O) status – you don’t need valid BN(O) passport to show this and you don’t need to request a new passport if it’s expired or has been lost
- normally live in Hong Kong
- can accommodate and support yourself financially in the UK for at least 6 months
- show a commitment to learn English, where appropriate
- get a tuberculosis (TB) test certificate from a clinic approved by the Home Office
- pay a fee and the immigration health surcharge
Residence requirement
- In order to qualify for settled status after 5 years, visa holders must meet our the rules for continuous residence in the UK, which allow for absences of up to 180 days in any 12-month period.
- Once settled status is acquired, it may be retained despite absences from the UK of up to 2 years but may be forfeited if absences are long without good reason.
- If after 5 years the visa holder does not apply for settled status or is refused, they will be expected to leave the UK and may be removed.
Why John Hu Migration Consulting?
- We have been processing UK Tier 1 investor, Tier 1 Entrepreneur, Representative of Overseas Business, Partner visas with many success cases since 2012.
- Quite a few of our onshore UK clients have their visa extended and citizenship granted.
- Good onshore support services to care for our clients within a period of 6 years.
- Our UK Facebook Closed Group has over 11,000+ fans and clients for social media networking and promotion!
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