Logic doesn't connect at all. Well, one should not regard his/her identity as something that could be "given" by others, not to mention one's national identity. I bet you're not forced to apply for the British Passport. That said, you're the one who is responsible for the confusion of your own national identities.
i agree with you for the first half but i think the confusion comes from the BNO, a so called passport but in fact a mere travel document which withhold the right of abode in the uk. it is quite ridiculous that a national who possesses a national passport but has no right to live in that country.
btw, i think national identities can be multiple thou. we dont have to be either british, chinese, or hongkongese but can be both. it all depends.
Have a right to vote in the UK not means to have a right of adobe in the UK. Not only BN(O) holders, Canadian, Singaporean and Malaysian also have a right to vote in any election in the UK.
Vincci, I know you are confusing about your identity(Chinese? HongKong? British?). It's normal.....It's no solution about it unless Hong Kong become a independence state.
Your passport isn't issued by the EU! It's issued by the British government! If you read the notes on your British Citizen passport you should be told that the passport's a property of the British goivernment. You weren't asked to queue at the 'local queue' in the Netherlands, it's the EU queue; a British Citizen's an EU citizen so you could use the EU counters at a passport control. Your identity? An ethnic Chinese with British nationality from Hong Kong.
For 'country', there's definitely nothing wrong with putting down 'Hong Kong' because Hong Kong's a Chinese territory but not part of China; Hong Kong's a special administrative region which in effect is a dependency. You're a British Citizen so you've the right of abode in the UK as long as you've an address in the UK; the same applies to a BN(O). What nae should be filled in? Your name on your ID document! If it's 'Wan Chi' then 'Wan Chi', if it's 'Vincci' then 'Vincci'.
@douglastytam agree with most of what you said. Being a Hong Konger with BNO and studying in UK, I felt the same confusion. I have the right to vote. I am NOT a UK citizen and I have to pay overseas fees. I line up for the EU queue whenever I'm travelling in europe, but not in UK border (only Britain doesn't consider BNO as British Citizen)! And about nationality, I usually fill in Hong Kong. But Ryanair staffs tell me that if I'm holding a BNO passport, I should write British.
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serenityplace128 9 months ago 11
Miss 卓, 你想點玩?
Reuter2 9 months ago
忍左十多年, 終於有人代我出聲,支持BNO平權!
Reuter2 9 months ago 23
Logic doesn't connect at all. Well, one should not regard his/her identity as something that could be "given" by others, not to mention one's national identity. I bet you're not forced to apply for the British Passport. That said, you're the one who is responsible for the confusion of your own national identities.
humpheadsoul 9 months ago
@humpheadsoul
i agree with you for the first half but i think the confusion comes from the BNO, a so called passport but in fact a mere travel document which withhold the right of abode in the uk. it is quite ridiculous that a national who possesses a national passport but has no right to live in that country.
btw, i think national identities can be multiple thou. we dont have to be either british, chinese, or hongkongese but can be both. it all depends.
mahoika 9 months ago 3
Have a right to vote in the UK not means to have a right of adobe in the UK. Not only BN(O) holders, Canadian, Singaporean and Malaysian also have a right to vote in any election in the UK.
Vincci, I know you are confusing about your identity(Chinese? HongKong? British?). It's normal.....It's no solution about it unless Hong Kong become a independence state.
zeuscho 9 months ago
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BNO have a right to vote in UK
samilk 9 months ago
even a bno holder can vote in the uk as long as this person has been staying for at least 6 months
mahoika 9 months ago
@mahoika
ya, but how you can stay in UK for more than 6 mths without applying any student/ working permit at first?
maware1034 9 months ago
@maware1034
true but only a student/working visa wont gain you a right to vote. see what i mean?
mahoika 9 months ago
Your passport isn't issued by the EU! It's issued by the British government! If you read the notes on your British Citizen passport you should be told that the passport's a property of the British goivernment. You weren't asked to queue at the 'local queue' in the Netherlands, it's the EU queue; a British Citizen's an EU citizen so you could use the EU counters at a passport control. Your identity? An ethnic Chinese with British nationality from Hong Kong.
douglastytam 9 months ago
For 'country', there's definitely nothing wrong with putting down 'Hong Kong' because Hong Kong's a Chinese territory but not part of China; Hong Kong's a special administrative region which in effect is a dependency. You're a British Citizen so you've the right of abode in the UK as long as you've an address in the UK; the same applies to a BN(O). What nae should be filled in? Your name on your ID document! If it's 'Wan Chi' then 'Wan Chi', if it's 'Vincci' then 'Vincci'.
douglastytam 9 months ago
@douglastytam Do you put down Scotland, Wales or UK?
cyreno 9 months ago
@douglastytam agree with most of what you said. Being a Hong Konger with BNO and studying in UK, I felt the same confusion. I have the right to vote. I am NOT a UK citizen and I have to pay overseas fees. I line up for the EU queue whenever I'm travelling in europe, but not in UK border (only Britain doesn't consider BNO as British Citizen)! And about nationality, I usually fill in Hong Kong. But Ryanair staffs tell me that if I'm holding a BNO passport, I should write British.
einsamaberfrei 9 months ago