Hong Kong British nationals seeking to move to UK | BETA

Some users are currently experiencing problems accessing our Public Access (planning, building control and licensing applications) and Citizen Portal (school admissions and early year providers) systems. We are working to fix this as soon as possible.

Due to essential maintenance some of our online account services will be unavailable on Wednesday 20 November from 5pm to 10pm.

If you are from Hong Kong and a British national (overseas) you and your family can apply for a British national (overseas) visa. This allows you to live, work and study in the UK.

You can apply for a visa from outside or inside the UK to stay for either:

2 years and 6 months
5 years

Once you are in the UK you will be able to extend your visa if you want to stay longer. You can apply to extend your visa as many times as you want.

If you meet the requirements, you may apply for settlement after five years and British citizenship 12 months after settlement.

The government has an online welcome guide for all British National (overseas) status holders. This has information in Cantonese on how to access services and understand life in the UK.