Immigration and Nationality Anomalies of Hong Kong

Kun Luen Alex Lau

Immigration and Nationality Anomalies of Hong Kong

Kun Luen Alex Lau

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Abstract

This paper sets out various unusual features in the immigration and nationality requirements applicable to Hong Kong (HK) while it was a British colony. The same issues after the change of sovereignty to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1997 will also be discussed. It will be shown that many of these issues are quite different from those of other common law countries such as Canada or Australia . Many are driven by policy considerations rather than legal reasoning.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Hong Kong
Publisher	David C Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
Publication status	Published - Nov 2009

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Name	LEWI Working Paper Series
No.	93

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Immigration and Nationality Anomalies of Hong Kong

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