• The right of abode is an individual's freedom from immigration control in a particular country. A person who has the right of abode in a country does...
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  • Right of abode in Hong Kong entitles a person to live and work in the territory without any restrictions or conditions of stay. Someone who has that right...
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  • the right of abode (Chinese: 居留權, Portuguese: Direito de Residência) entitles a person to live and work without any restrictions or conditions of stay...
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  • The right of abode (ROA) is an immigration status in the United Kingdom that gives a person the unrestricted right to enter and live in the UK. It was...
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  • home. Abode may also refer to: House, a human-built dwelling with enclosing walls, a floor, and a roof Right of abode World of Two Moons aka Abode, a fictional...
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  • Hong Kong identity card (category Law of Hong Kong)
    duration of residency in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong permanent identity card is a class of HKID issued to Hong Kong residents who have the right of abode (ROA)...
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    travelling abroad; fewer than 700 do not have right of abode in the UK. Nationals of this class without right of abode are subject to immigration controls when...
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    Immigration Act 1971 (category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1971)
    and that of 1968, restricts immigration, especially primary immigration into the UK. It introduced the concept of patriality or right of abode. It was...
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    British National (Overseas) passport (category Hong Kong and the Commonwealth of Nations)
    registered as BN(O)s. BN(O) status holders do not have the automatic right of abode in the United Kingdom unless they are also British citizens. Since 31...
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  • still require immigration control if they do not have right of abode. However, a right of abode automatically grants people permanent residency. This...
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  • of nationality. While many states afford their citizens the right of abode, the right of return is not restricted to citizenship or nationality in the...
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    holders of passports with and without right of abode, including NWOHRs and holders of the various British passports the do not confer right of abode upon...
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    valid for more than 1 month. Unless having the right to land or right of abode in Hong Kong, nationals of all countries and territories require entry permits...
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    Certain passports do not, without additional endorsement, confer the right of abode anywhere and have varying international acceptance for travel: British...
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    Territories citizenship in 2002), a citizenship which did not include right of abode anywhere – not even in the territories in which they were born. (CUKCs...
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    foreign nationals must have at least one parent who possesses right of abode (see Right of abode in Macau).  Malaysia: A person born in Malaysia on or after...
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    residents of the territory and nationals of the People's Republic of China through the special administrative region, who have no right of abode in other...
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    is an immigration status granted to a person who does not hold the right of abode in the United Kingdom (UK), but who has been admitted to the UK without...
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    British National (Overseas) (category Hong Kong and the Commonwealth of Nations)
    controls when entering the United Kingdom and do not have automatic right of abode there or in Hong Kong, but all BN(O)s would have had permanent resident...
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    word "Borneo" is of the same origin. In the country's full name, Negara Brunei Darussalam, darussalam (Arabic: دار السلام) means "abode of peace", while...
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    use their passport as evidence of right of abode in the United Kingdom. Between 1920 and 1992, the standard design of British passports was a navy blue...
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    Home Office believes that the act does not generally give claimants a right of abode in the United Kingdom. Successful claims will normally be granted to...
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    Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong (category Demographics of Hong Kong)
    could obtain the right of abode. An appeal was made to the Court of Appeal of the High Court, which overturned the judgment of the Court of First Instance...
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    Taiwan area household registration who therefore possess right of abode in Taiwan and also the right to obtain a National Identity Card) had visa-free or...
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    have the automatic right of abode there or in any British overseas territory. This nationality gives its holders a limited set of rights when they are...
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    freedom of movement are tied to the region in which a Chinese citizen is domiciled, determined by hukou in mainland China and right of abode in the two...
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    British Nationality Act 1981 (category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Hong Kong)
    of Ireland before 1949. Right of Abode could no longer be acquired by non-British citizens. A limited number of Commonwealth citizens holding Right of...
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  • Visa requirements for British Nationals (Overseas) (category Foreign relations of the United Kingdom)
    grant the right of abode anywhere in the world, including the United Kingdom or Hong Kong, but all BN(O)s possess either right of abode or right to land...
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    Birth tourism (category Types of tourism)
    where some mainland Chinese citizens travel to give birth to gain right of abode for their children. In an effort to discourage birth tourism, Australia...
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    gained a right of abode in the SAR. Apart from affording the holder consular protection by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China...
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