1997前,我係咩國籍?

Short answer is no, you are not qualified, if you want to know why, just read further.

問題係,
1997香港回歸前,
我有冇中國籍?定係只有BNO?

Anyone who lived in HK before 1-7-1997 are of British Dependent Territories Citizens (BDTC not British Citizens) According to Critish Citizenship act 1983.

BDTC stop existing on 1-7-1997 00:00 and from 1-7-1997 00:00, all BDTC who are Chinese Descent would automatically granted Chinese Citizens on 1-7-1997.

In your case, you became a Chinese Citizens at 1-7-1997 because of your parental Chinese Heritage.

我一年前先領特區戶照,咁等唔等如我一年前先開始有中國籍?

No, you have that since 1-7-1997 00:00 (HKT) having pasport or not does not affect that you have Chinese Citizenship.

定係唔計有冇護照,我一出世起就有中國籍/97之後自動有中國籍?

No, From whenever you born until 1 July 1997, you hold BDTC (British Dependent Territories Citizenship) from 1 July 1997,you hold Chinese Citizenship.

So there are not, at any point, you are stateless.

我如果1997前冇中國籍只有英籍的話,可以而家申請做英國公民.

What you interpreted is incorrect, you are not stateless before 1997 handover, you still have BDTC (Which is a form of British Citizenship) BDTC is granted to all People who was born in HK during colonial era. You born in HK in 1991, then you will have BDTC.

To get that Stateless Registration, you will need to be stateless on/after 1-7-1997 and BEFORE 13 Jan 2009

People who are stateless before 1997 is those who are born OUTSIDE HK and have no connection to HK what-so-ever (e.g Migrate to HK before 1997)

People who are stateless after 1997 to 2009 are those BNO holder who does not have Chinese Descent or have been living permanently oversea and renounced Chinese Nationality for taxation purpose.

That mean you are only stateless in this period if you:


Born outside HK with non-Chinese Parent. Born in HK with non-Chinese parent. Born in HK with Chinese Parent but migrated somewhere else before 13-01-2009 and does not yet claim Citizenship of the country you permanentlyreside to.

2010-03-18 08:31:10 補充：
sorry, that was British nationality act 1983, not critish*

2010-03-20 06:50:02 補充：
Actually, grand tom. you are incorrect.

EVERYONE IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1997 HAVE CITIZENSHIP, you either ;

British Citizens (if you get BC by British Citizenship Act 1981, 1996)
British Dependent Territories Citizens (If you are born in HK)
British Oversea Citizens (If you are born outside HK)

2010-03-20 06:51:27 補充：
Of those 3, only BC have right of adobe in UK.

And since turnover, all 3 Citizenships Ceased to exist to all Hong Kong Resident
Instead, they are replaced with Chinese Citizenship, if you hold Chinese Relationship

2010-03-20 06:52:19 補充：
And of those who does not have Chinese Descent, you are then called "Stateless" and by law, you should either get British Citizenship or CHinese Citizenship, depend on your C Ountry of Permanent Residence.,

2010-03-20 06:53:54 補充：
That is what the UK Citizenship act 2010 about, if youdoes not have CHinese Descent and does not have any other form of Citizenship, you are Stateless, and by International Law regarding Stateless person , you should get your Citizenship by the Country you permanent reside on

2010-03-20 06:55:35 補充：
By the way 英藉華人 mean a Chinese With British Citizenship (英藉)

EVERYONE BEFORE 1997 have some form of UK CITIZENSHIP, depends on how you related to HK. That is what Citizenship Act, 1981 stated.

2010-03-20 06:56:21 補充：
People Generally Misundetstood the relationship between BNO and BDTC

BNO is only a travel document, While BDTC is a Citizenship.

97前,香港出世既香港人係冇國籍, BNO 根本不是國籍證明.

以前我話自己係英藉華人喎,現在我話係美藉華人喎,

各位請明白-------- "華人" 唔同內地中華人民共和國既中國人,亦唔係中華民國人既中國人....


好煩呵~~我話根本就無所謂國唔國藉.

我地係香港地出世冇人要既一代非本土中國華人.

簡單D黎講 BNO只不過係 英聯邦公民既身份證件,非英國本土居民既身份證件
亦即係你無居英權同埋領事保護, 佢只不過一本旅遊證件 但係係英國過關時侯你可以英國本土居民排同一條隊

係香港呢個CASE入面 由於領取BNO既同時間亦可以擁有其他國家既PASSPORT 所以提供BNO係想為左令某D想係回歸後 除左想成為中國國民外 亦可以同英國保持一點兒關係的人任而設
而所有擁有BNO既人係97年後亦會自動成為中國國民
( 因為如果係拎左英國國民(本土)PASSPORT既人係會自動取消其中國國民既資格,但係BNO就唔會有咁既影響)

簡單D黎講 你係97後就自動有左中國國籍

另外一樣野, 我都唔係好肯定
但係有關BNO可以申請直接成為英國國籍既有關法例就係今年先成立(亦即2010)
所以我建議直接去向英國領事局查詢一下啦

97前的所謂- 國藉, 其實都係: 隨口翕, 根本就無講究既. 所以當時, 10個就10個都話自己係- 英藉喎.

2010-03-15 09:12:17 補充：
..當年勁少人話自己會係中國藉, 因為傳聞- 你換身分證唔話英籍, 就移唔到民...所以無人話入中國籍既, 敬請留意.

你係香港人

因係"響"下就個大陸

2010-03-14 22:45:26 補充：
但係"響"下就個大陸

2010-03-14 22:47:18 補充：
你係香港人

因為香港出生


但係"響"下就個大陸

因為"響"下係跟你呀爸呀媽

除非你呀爸呀媽係香港出生

咁你"響"下就大陸

2010-03-14 22:47:50 補充：
咁你"響"下就香港

Hong Kong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!