There is another wave of immigration in Hong Kong. The Home Office of the United Kingdom announced earlier that in the first half of this year, a total of 64,900 applications for BNO visas to stay in the UK were received, of which more than 70% of about 47,300 were approved.
The Security Bureau replied to "Hong Kong 01" a few days ago (10th). Regarding Hong Kong's immigration situation in the past five years, it is estimated that 10,500 people emigrated overseas last year (2020). The first three countries were Australia, the United States and Canada in order.
Hong Kong people are eagerly moving to the UK through the BNO "5+1" program, but why the UK is not in the top three?
In fact, the Security Bureau makes calculations based on the declaration of immigration destinations when citizens apply for the "Certificate of No Criminal Record" (commonly known as "Good People Certificate") every year. Therefore, there are many restrictions, especially for BNO visa applicants that do not need to submit. The "good citizen certificate" will naturally not be included in the estimation of the authorities.
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The British Home Office announced last month that since the end of January this year, it has officially opened for eligible Hong Kong people to apply for BNO visas to stay in the UK. As of June 30, a total of 64,900 applications have been received, and a total of 47,300, or 73%, have been approved.
Many of these applications belonged to family immigrants. In the two quarters, 27,400 of the 30,600 applications were dependents/dependants, accounting for about 42% of the total applications.
In addition, as of June 30, a total of 7,400 LOTR (Leave Outside the Rules) applications have been approved.
Last year, 10,500 people emigrated overseas soared by 50%
According to the recent announcement by the Security Bureau, the immigration data of Hong Kong in the past five years, based on the popularly known "good citizen certificate" application, estimated that 10,500 people emigrated overseas last year, a sharp increase of 50% compared to 2019. The first destination is Australia, followed by the United States and Canada. three.
There is no need to apply for a "good citizen certificate" for a British BNO visa
The reason why the UK is not in the top three is explained by the Security Bureau. As some countries or regions do not require all visa applicants to submit a "good citizen certificate", it is not included in the estimate. The UK has long stipulated that the application documents do not include "good citizen certificate".
The number reported in recent years has dropped to 50%
In addition, the Security Bureau mainly estimates the number of Hong Kong people emigrating to other places based on the number of applications for "good citizen certificates" from the Hong Kong Police Force for immigration purposes, as well as other relevant data such as questionnaires filled in when submitting relevant applications, and completed questionnaires in the past two to three years. The response rate dropped from 70% to 80% to 50% to 60%, which affected the reliability of the estimates.
Moreover, Hong Kong residents can apply for different types of visas for immigration, overseas education, work and other types of visas, as well as to apply for a "good citizen certificate" for adopting children. Therefore, the number of "good citizen certificate" is not equivalent to the number of immigration, and Hong Kong residents who have obtained immigrant visas are also Does not necessarily move to the relevant country or region.
Immigrate to the mainland, Taiwan and Macau based on the one-country principle
As for Taiwan, which is traditionally popular with Hong Kong people, the Security Bureau explained that based on the one-country principle, the relevant estimates do not cover immigration to the Mainland, Macau and Taiwan. Therefore, even if Hong Kong people choose to move to Taiwan, the relevant figures will not be included in the estimate.
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