Applying for BN(O) Visa

Applying for your Hong Kong BN(O) visa and Settling in the UK: A guide that tells you everything that you need to know about the Hong Kong BN(O) visa and how to apply. It then gives you essential information to make it easier to prepare for your new home, to integrate and to succeed with British life. There are many useful links within the guide to direct directly you to government and other websites for more help.

Overview and content
BNO visa guide

Applying for your Hong Kong BN(O) visa and Settling in the UK

– features at a glance

  • Who can apply for a BN(O) Visa
  • The application process
  • Support for all newcomers to the UK
  • Information about local housing and religion
  • Staying safe and legal
  • Making a living in the UK

Applying for your HK BN(O) visa and Settling in the UK – Overview and content

Applying for your Hong Kong BN(O) visa and Settling in the UK – Overview

Applying for your Hong Kong BN(O) visa and Settling in the UK tells you everything that you need to know about the Hong Kong BN(O) visa and how to apply. It then gives you essential information to make it easier to prepare for your new home, to integrate and to succeed with British life.

The guide covers, amongst many other topics, content promoting British values such as the acceptance of all nationalities, religious faiths and the UK’s non-discriminatory philosophy and law. Some of the most important topics covered are the NHS, emergency services, finding a job, pre-school for children, further adult education, the communication network and even eligibility to vote.

There are many links to the Government, NHS and other useful websites, and a linked glossary helps with the understanding of new words and phrases.

As well as preparing you for life in the UK, it is an ideal source of information once you arrive.

Applying for your Hong Kong BN(O) visa and Settling in the UK – Guide Content

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Introduction

  • The Background
  • The New Visa
  • Introduction to the Guide

Applying for your BN(O) visa

  • Who can apply and documents needed
  • Financial requirements
  • Tuberculosis (TB) certificate
  • The application process

A look at living in the UK

  • Your new home
  • Language
  • Customs
  • Money

What you will find near your new home

  • Provisions and supplies
  • Accommodation
  •  Public transport
  •  Facilities

Staying Safe and Legal

  • Documentation
  • Social conduct
  • Drugs and the law
  • Safety at home
  • Safety outdoors
  • The emergency services

Health, hygiene and the NHS

  • Home hygiene
  • Nutrition and the NHS
  • Local medical services
  • Specialist treatment

Working and the steps to citizenship

  • Steps to citizenship
  • Finding work
  • Banking and Money management

A Better Life

  • Entertainment and culture
  • Your own transport
  • Holidays and travel
  • Children and schooling
  • Further education
  • The right to vote

Useful Links

All the links from the guide brought together to make them easy to find.

Glossary

Words in the guide that you may not understand explained.