Procedure
124. When leave to enter is varied an entry is to be made in the applicant's passport or travel document (and in his registration certificate where appro- priate) or the decision may be made known in writing in some other appro- priate way.
NATIONALS OF EEC COUNTRIES
Introductory
125. Paragraphs 126–132 apply only to nationals of Belgium, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Neth- erlands and their families and, in relation to them, override the preceding paragraphs of Part X to the extent indicated.
126. Where the following paragraphs so provide, the power to vary leave to enter or give leave to remain will normally be exercised by the issue to the person concerned of a residence permit, valid for the duration of his leave as varied, or by the renewal or curtailment of a permit already issued.
Workers, businessmen and self-employed persons
127. If a person admitted for 6 months enters employment he should be issued with a residence permit. The residence permit should be limited to the duration of the employment if this is expected to be less than 12 months. Otherwise the permit should normally be for 5 years. But a permit should not normally be granted if the person has not found employment at the end of the 6 months' period for which he was admitted, nor if during that time he has become a charge on public funds.
128. If a person admitted for 6 months produces evidence by the end of that period that he has established himself in business or in a self-employed occupation he should be issued with a residence permit normally valid for 5 years. Otherwise, depending on the circumstances, he may be refused a residence permit, or he may be granted a short extension of his stay in order to complete arrangements for establishing himself in business or a self- employed occupation.
129. The duration of a residence permit or of leave to enter or remain should be curtailed if it is evident that the holder is living on public funds although capable of maintaining himself.
130. A person issued with a residence permit for 5 years should have the time limit on his stay removed after he has remained here for 4 years in employment, in business or as a self-employed person, unless, in the light of all the relevant circumstances of the case, including those set out in paragraphs 88 and 129, there are grounds for not removing the time limit. If the time limit is not then removed, the case should be reviewed on the expiry of the residence permit. In the case of a person issued with a residence permit for employment, a renewal limited to 12 months may be appropriate if he has been unemployed for more than 12 consecutive months during the previous 5 years.
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