BNO Passport Holder

If you’re not eligible to enter the UK under an existing immigration route, Border Force Officers may be able to consider granting ‘Leave Outside the Rules’ at the UK border for a period of 6 months to you and your accompanying dependants.

To be considered, you’ll need to show:

• Your identity
• Your BN(O) citizen status
• That you normally live in Hong Kong
• That you can accommodate support yourself financially in the UK

You’ll also need to show evidence of any non-BN(O) dependants’ family links to you and you should travel together to the UK as a family unit.

A dependant is any of the following:

• Spouse or civil partner
• Unmarried partner
• Child (under the age of 18 when they first applied)
• Other family members where they can show there is a high level of dependency

• You’ll need a valid passport to shoe proof of identity.
• You can use a valid or expired BN(O) citizen passport to show your BN(o) citizen status.
• If you do not have a BN(O) passport the Home Office may be able to look at records to check your status.

• Hong Kong identity card
• Letter from an employer or education provider confirming your employment or study in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong medical card
• Voter’s card
• Visa or residence permit or other immigration documents
• An educational record, for example a school report
• Letter from the local council or a government department in Hong Kong
• Tax records
• Records of rent or mortgage payments

The list of evidence is not exhaustive. We may consider other forms of evidence on a case-by-case basis.

You’ll need to show that you can provide accommodation and financial support for yourself and any of your dependants for at least 6 months.

You can show this with:

• Bank statements that show savings.
• Evidence of regular income that will continue whilst in the UK, such as salary, investment or pension payments.
• Investment details.
• Receipt of educational grants from overseas.
• An offer of employment in UK.
• Income of a partner, spouse or other family member to which you have access, for example parental funding or a spouse’s salary earned through lawful working in the UK.
• An offer of accommodation from family or friends.

The list of evidence is not exhaustive. We may consider other forms of evidence on a case-by-case basis.

You’ll need to show evidence of your dependant’s relationship to you.

 If they’re your child

You’ll need to show evidence that you are their parent, adopted parent or guardian such as:

• Full birth certificate.
• Adoption certificate.
• A court order, such as a special guardianship order.

As a person with ‘Leave Outside the Rules’ you and your dependants can:

• Work
• Study

You cannot:

• Get public funds
• Use the NHS for free (except for limited free services)