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IT WILL REMAIN IMPOSSIBLE UNDER THE NEW RULES (AS IT IS NOW)
FOR A WOMAN WORK PERMIT HOLDER TO BRING IN HER HUSBAND TO JOIN HER. IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP ON THIS RESTRICTION TO PREVENT ABUSE.
HUMAN RIGHTS: INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
WE BELIEVE THAT THE NEW RULES WILL NOT INFRINGE OUR OBLIGATIONS OF RESPECT FOR FAMILY LIFE OR AVOIDANCE OF DISCRIMINATION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE CONVENTION.
IF INDIVIDUALS ARE AGGRIEVED THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PETITION THE COMMISSION, WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY SUCH PETITION TO BE SUSTAINED.
UNITED NATIONS COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
WE BELIEVE THAT NOTHING IN THE NEW RULES WILL INFRINGE THE COVENANT, BUT IN ANY CASE WE HAVE ENTERED A RESERVATION COVERING OUR
RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH CHANGES AS MAY SEEM DESIRABLE TO OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS.
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND COMING INTO FORCE
COMMEMCE UNDERLINING WHICH RULES APPLY TO
OUTSTANDING APPLICATION ? CEASE UNDERLINING
THE RELEVANT RULES IN DECIDING ANY APPLICATION ARE THOSE CURRENT AT THE TIME IT IS DECIDED. BUT, TO AVOID RETROSECTION, WE SHALL BE PREPARED, EVEN AFTER THE NEW RULES COME INTO FORCE, TO DECIDE APPLICATIONS MADE BY THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESENT RULES.
COMMENCE UNDERLINING WHEN WILL THE NEW RULES COME INTO FORCE ? CEASE UNDERLINING
ONCE PARLIAMENT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER AND DEBATE THE WHITE PAPER WE SHALL AIM TO BRING THE NEW RULES INTO FORCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
COMMENCE UNDERLINING HOW MANY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ? CEASE UNDERLINING
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY PRECISELY BUT THERE ARE ABOUT 6,000 HUSBANDS AND FIANCES ALREADY IN QUEUES IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN..
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