Travel documents for non permanent residents

Article 12 Travel documents for non permanent residents 182 65 (cont'd)

They must be Chinese citizens and permanent residents of the HKSAR with no right of abode in any foreign country.

They are Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of the HKSAR with no right of abode in any foreign country.

Formerly, they were based on the extended de facto approach, which counted all Hong Kong Permanent and Non Permanent Residents and visitors at a reference time point.

As explained in paragraph 230 of the initial report, article 24 of the Basic Law (BL24) prescribes the categories of persons who are permanent residents of the HKSAR and therefore qualified to obtain, in accordance with the laws of the Region, permanent identity cards that state their right of abode.

The requirement that persons who are ordinarily resident in Ontario have an immigration status that permits them or will shortly permit them to remain permanently in Canada is a logical corollary to the requirement that a person intends to make his or her permanent home in Ontario.

This change allows many individuals who reside in the Territory for a long period of time to acquire permanent resident status.6

3 Here, temporary residents' are mostly persons who have entered for settlement but have not yet completed the seven years of continuous residence necessary to qualify for permanent resident status.

In addition, permanent residents of the HKSAR enjoy the rights to vote and to stand for election in accordance with law.

All permanent residents of the HKSAR who had reached the age of 18 or above were eligible to be registered and to vote.

In August 2005, more than 16,000 refugees had been granted Turkmen citizenship and permanent residence permits.

2. According to the territorial census report of 1996, the total number of the ordinarily resident population in the Territory in 1996 was 2,221.

She could also apply for permanent residence under the Live in Caregiver Programme.

The Government has also formulated special programmes to settle and integrate permanently a large number of refugees and displaced people.

It also considered the risk of natural disasters that required permanent displacement of a part of the population.

Of the eight successful candidates, two are United States citizens, and three have United States permanent residency status.

To prevent statelessness, permanent residents had been granted the option to acquire the new nationality within a certain time frame.

They should not be settled permanently in Lebanon, first, because they wish to return home and, secondly, because Lebanon's constitution rejects the option of permanent settlement in Lebanon.

It is recommended that the Government reconsider its policies with a view to facilitating family reunion of all citizens and permanent residents.

Ensure that particular groups of non citizens are not discriminated against with regard to access to citizenship or naturalization, and to pay due attention to possible barriers to naturalization that may exist for long term or permanent residents

2 After having ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than seven years and having taken Hong Kong as their place of permanent residence.

Since 1997, however, when he acquired permanent residence status in the United States, he has been reappointed on a local basis.

UNHCR has renewed its request for third countries to provide resettlement opportunities for the last of the Vietnamese refugees still in need of a durable solution.

By the end of 1996, over 65 per cent of those who had requested an immigrant document were in possession of one, which, after five years, enables holders to apply for permanent residence.

(b) Global development of these regions and settlement of their inhabitants in permanent locations by enabling them to take up productive activities there

Of the 10 successful candidates, one has United States citizenship, two have United States permanent resident status, two have a G 4 visa, one is applying for United States permanent resident status and four have other types of visas that would require conversion to a G 4 visa if recruited.

All Hong Kong permanent residents who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for three years immediately preceding their nomination to a particular District Council may stand for election to that Council, irrespective of their race or national origin.

Residents of OPT married to Israeli citizens were previously able to receive, following an exhausting process, permanent resident status the new law only allowed temporary permits to be issued by the civil administration.

The No. 3 Ordinance introduced a scheme whereby their status as permanent residents could only be established by their holding a certificate of entitlement.

Of the five successful candidates, none has United States citizenship and one has United States permanent residency status.

It says that a person may be registered as a citizen of Pakistan who migrated to territories included in Pakistan with the intention of residing permanently.

Article 26 of the Basic Law stipulates that permanent residents of the HKSAR shall have the right to vote and the right to stand for election in accordance with the law.

They guarantee the right to apply for work to all foreigners with the status of political refugee or who are in possession of a permanent residence permit.

The Ontario Court of Appeal accepted the Ontario's position that the definition of residency for the purpose of eligibility draws a distinction between persons who are ordinarily resident in Ontario and who are entitled, or will shortly be entitled, to stay in Ontario on a permanent basis and those who, while ordinarily resident in Ontario are not, because of their immigration status, entitled to remain permanently in Ontario.

Lastly, she could apply for permanent residence in Canada on the basis of humanitarian considerations.

Indigenous people's permanent sovereignty over natural resources

In accordance with the Law all permanent residents of Latvia are guaranteed the right to found their national societies, to respect their national traditions, to use national symbols and to celebrate national holidays.

As the No. 3 Ordinance was only enacted on 10 July 1997, those permanent residents could not have held the certificate of entitlement prior to that date.

After proceedings have been concluded they may also be eligible for a permanent residence permit on humanitarian grounds, if their personal circumstances give rise to this.

The impact of colonization had a long lasting traumatic effect on the indigenous population.

The Committee appreciates the announcement made by the State party that it will grant citizenship to about 16,000 refugees who have been residing in Turkmenistan for some years, and permanent resident status to 3,000 other refugees (art.

Relatively few persons in this category entered Hong Kong with a view to permanent settlement, though it was common for some to remain for many years.

These legal acts guarantee to Polish citizens and to foreigners with permanent residence cards or refugee status the right to work and free choice of employment.

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