Hong Kong BN(O) Household and Dependant Family

The BN(O) Household Member route is for the adult child of a BN(O) status holder or of the partner of a BN(O) status holder who is aged 18 or over and born on or after 1 July 1997.

The child of a BN(O) status holder’s dependent partner, dependent child and in exceptional circumstances, other family members with a high degree of dependency may apply under this route.

HK(J) 26.2 If the applicant is applying for entry clearance or permission to stay and they do not have permission on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route on the date of application, the applicant: (a) must be the child of a person who is, or who was prior to their death, a British National (Overseas) under the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986; or

(b) must be the child of a partner of a BN(O) Status Holder: (i) who forms part of the same household as the BN(O) Status holder; and (ii) the BN(O) Status Holder must have, or at the same time be being granted, entry clearance or permission on the BN(O) Status Holder route.

HK(J) 26.1. If the applicant is applying for leave to remain and they have leave on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route on the date of application, they will meet the relationship requirement.

HK(J) 26.3. In HK(J) 26.2. a person will form part of the same household as the BN(O) Status Holder if they normally live with the BN(O) Status Holder.

HK(J) 27.1. If the applicant is applying for leave to remain and has been in Jersey for 12 months or more on the date of application, they will meet the financial requirement.

HK(J) 27.2 If the applicant is applying for entry clearance, or is applying for permission to stay and they have been in the UK for less than 12 months on the date of application, or where the applicant’s previous grant of permission was for 12 months Leave Outside the Rules following an unsuccessful application for the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route,

the decision maker must be satisfied that the applicant, or a person who has or is being granted permission on the BN(O) Status Holder route, is able to, and will, maintain and accommodate the applicant adequately in Jersey without recourse to public funds for at least 6 months.

HK(J) 27.3. For the purposes of HK(J) 28.2 accommodation will not be regarded as adequate if: Official 315 (a) it is or will be overcrowded; or (b) it contravenes a statutory public health requirement.

HK(J) 23.1. A person applying for entry clearance on the BN(O) Household Member route must apply online on gov.uk on the appropriate form specified in the United Kingdom Immigration Rules.

HK(J) 25.1. A person seeking to come to Jersey on the BN(O) Household Member route must apply for and obtain an entry clearance on the BN(O) Household Member route before they arrive in Jersey.

HK(J) 31.1. If the applicant is applying as the child of a BN(O) Status Holder or they already have permission on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route on the date of application, they will be granted permission for either: a) a period of 5 years, where the applicant has applied for a period of 5 years; or b) a period of 30 months (plus, where the applicant has remaining permission under the Hong Kong BN(O) route, the remaining period of that permission, up to a maximum of 28 days) where the applicant has applied for a period of 30 months.

HK(J) 31.2. If the applicant does not have permission on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route on the date of application and is the child of a partner on the BN(O) Status Holder route, the applicant will be granted permission which ends on the same date as the Official 316 BN(O) Status Holder.

HK(J) 31.3. The grant will be subject to all the following conditions: (a) no access to public funds; (b) work (including self-employment and voluntary work) permitted except for employment as a professional sportsperson, including as a sports coach.

The Hong Kong British National (Overseas) routes allow work and study in Jersey and are routes to settlement.