British National (Overseas) visa programme

Growth in home prices in the United Kingdom has trailed peers in the European Union, but has provided Hongkongers buying property in London and other British cities more value for their money.

Influx attributed to BN(O) scheme offering pathway to citizenship, with Nottinghamshire getting the most applications.

Kindergartens have fewer pupils due to plunging birth rate, emigration wave and absence of cross-border pupils.

In the quarter century since the handover, home ownership in Hong Kong has been a relatively safe bet with home prices up 140 per cent on average. Those Hong Kong people who left the city in 1997, or invested overseas, did even better with five-fold real estate returns in some Western cities, such as London and Vancouver. Will history repeat itself in the next 25 years?

Freedom of Information request to British government shows 541,873 BN(O) passports were approved for issue between 2019 and 2022, with 58 per cent granted in 2020.

Applicants must have attended a university ranked in the top 50 within the past 5 years.

The Moralezes, who founded Tencent WeStart member Mineo, view their move to Finland as their contribution to growing the Hong Kong brand beyond the city, and as acting as a bridge between companies in China and the rest of the world.

Hong Kong pupils whose parents live in UK has increased from 496 in 2021 to 1,538 this year, according to report by Independent Schools Council.

Some 123,400 Hongkongers have applied for pathway to British citizenship since January 31 last year, with 92 per cent of them successful.

DWF, the first law business to be listed on London’s niche board, is teaming up with Hauzen to offer legal expertise to clients in China and globally.

But more than half of Hongkongers report an improvement in their mental health after moving to Britain.

The pound is near a two-year low against the US dollar, and observers expect it to depreciate further, playing into the hands of Hong Kong buyers despite rising interest rates.

Investors from the SAR have long been keen on property in the UK capital, but now research shows that in many areas they hold the biggest share of residences with international owners

Some homeowners were in a rush to leave after their immigration applications to move abroad were approved, while others were keen to ditch their micro flats as a new size regulation promises a supply of larger units within their price range.

Hongkongers looking to buy homes in London either for their own use or for investment, are likely to find themselves competing with a rising number of Singaporean buyers, analysts said.

Foreign governments, organisations and activists should not assume for themselves the mantle of white saviours in defence of human rights, democracy and rule of law in Hong Kong. It’s time to let the many Hongkongers overseas take centre stage in their own cause.

The National Security Law has made the role British judges have played in safeguarding Hong Kong’s rule of law untenable, yet their withdrawal is by no means a sign of the UK’s waning support. Instead, the move underlines London’s determination to stand up for the city’s rights and freedoms.

More than 22,500 Hongkongers received Canadian permanent residency, work or study permits in 2021, up 256 per cent from 2019. About a third received open work permits created in the wake of the national security law.

Former city residents seeking greener pastures with British scheme find themselves among intense competition for school slots under new system.

More than 100,000 Hongkongers are seeking new lives in Britain under a special scheme that promises citizenship for many residents of the former colony. The departures, which follow in the wake of a deep shift in the city’s political landscape, have broken apart extended families, reshaped careers and changed ideas about education. In a three-part series, the immigrants tell the Post about the difficulty of leaving loved ones behind, their financial struggles, and more.

Challenge of finding work remains a deep concern among those who left Hong Kong for Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme.

Families recall how they left loved ones behind last year and how they maintain old relationships while forging new ones in adopted home.

Activists whose efforts were largely thwarted in Hong Kong say they feel natural kinship with Ukrainians, whose Maidan protests were a source of inspiration. Some have even travelled to Ukraine to help.

Birmingham is not the first landing spot for most BN(O) migrants, with only 4.8 per cent picking the West Midlands in the first six months of their relocation, compared with 22.3 per cent opting for London.

Hong Kong and mainland Chinese investors bought £7.69 billion of London real estate in 2019, making the UK capital one of the most popular destinations for Chinese property investments.

London, Manchester and Birmingham among preferred destinations for Hongkongers moving to UK as property prices rose as much as 11.5 per cent in hottest locations in the past year.

Australia’s new migration pathways result in more Hongkongers applying to universities there.

In a letter, the lawmakers also pointedly ask the banking giant whether its actions have contributed to the erosion of Hongkongers’ rights and freedoms.