Britain’s government announced on Wednesday that it will open a new special pathway to obtaining UK citizenship for eligible Hong Kongers as of January

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LONDON: Britain’s government announced on Wednesday that it will open a new special pathway to obtaining UK citizenship for eligible Hong Kongers as of January, taking another step towards solidifying a policy denounced by China.

UK to Open Citizenship Path to Hong Kongers From January ...

In a statement, the Home Office said holders of the British National Overseas passport and their immediate family members can move to the UK to work and study. The change to immigration rules was introduced after Beijing imposed a new, sweeping national security law on Hong Kong.

"Today’s announcement shows the UK is keeping its word: We will not look the other way on Hong Kong, and we will not duck our historic responsibilities to its people," British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.

Britain announced in early July it was extending residency rights for up to 3 million people eligible for the British National Overseas passport in Hong Kong, stressing that it would uphold its duty to the former British colony after the new law was imposed.

Eligible individuals from Hong Kong currently can come to the UK for six months without a visa. They will have the right to live and work in the country for five years. After that, they will be allowed to apply for settled status and then again for citizenship.

Those eligible can access the British job market at any skill level and without a salary threshold, but wont have access to public funds.

The UK introduced a special, limited type of British nationality in the 1980s for people who were a British dependent territories citizen by connection with Hong Kong. The passports did not confer nationality or the automatic right to live and work in Britain, but entitled holders to consular assistance from UK diplomatic posts.

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