(b) permit-free employment as described in paragraphs 31, 32 and 33(b)
and (e);
(c) to set up in business;
(d) in self-employment;
(e) as a writer or artist;
(f) as a person of independent means.
Such a person may have the time limit on his stay removed if he has remained here in that capacity for 4 years. Applications for removal of the time limit are to be considered in the light of all the relevant circumstances including those set out in paragraph 88 and, in the case of a person in employment, whether the employer wishes to continue to employ him. Appli- cations for variation of leave to enter or remain with a view to settlement may also be received from persons given leave to enter or remain otherwise than for the purposes set out above, but permission in such cases has to be limited to close relatives of persons who are settled in the United Kingdom. Particulars are set out in paragraphs 42-49.
Asylum
120. A person may apply for asylum in the United Kingdom on the ground that, if he were required to leave, he would have to go to a country to which he is unwilling to go owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Any such claim is to be carefully considered in the light of all the relevant circumstances.
Right of abode
121. A Commonwealth citizen who has been given limited leave to enter may later claim to have the right of abode. If such a person establishes a claim to the right of abode, for example by showing that one of his parents was born in the United Kingdom, the time limit on his stay should be removed. If the application is refused, the person should be notified of the right of appeal against refusal of a certificate of patriality.
Registration with the police
122. A foreign national given limited leave to enter may be subject to a condition requiring him to register with the police. When a foreign national on whom this condition was not imposed on arrival is granted an extension of stay which has the effect of allowing him to remain in the United Kingdom for employment for longer than 3 months or otherwise for longer than 6 months, reckoned from the date of his arrival, a condition requiring registration should be imposed unless he is under the age of 16, or the extension of stay is for employment of a kind mentioned in paragraphs 31(a), 32, 33(a) or 34.
123. In response to applications for removal of the condition requiring registration it should be explained that this condition lapses when the time limit on the applicant's stay is removed, but will not be revoked before then.
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