Our commitment to Hongkongers shouldn't stop with the visa programme Tom Randall MP and Sarah Champion MP are vice-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong Protesters write slogans on placards as they occupy the departure hall of the Hong Kong International Airport during a demonstration in August 2019 On Sunday, the historic Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) visa programme will open; a fitting end to a week of celebrations and activism marking the 180 th anniversary of the founding of modern Hong Kong. The scheme will allow Hongkongers who hold British National (Overseas) citizenship, an offer that was made to people who were British citizens by connection with Hong Kong in 1997, and their close family members to apply to come and stay in the UK for up to 5 years.