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THEIR PARENTS.
(B) HUSBANDS AND FIANCES
AT PRESENT, A MAN DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADMISSION
AS A HUSBAND OR FIANCE UNLESS HIS WIFE OR FIANCEE IS A
CITIZEN OF THE UK AND COLONIES WHO WAS BORN IN THE UK,
OR ONE OF WHOSE PARENTS WAS BORN HERE. THE RULES WILL
BE CHANGED TO ALLOW HUSBANDS AND FIANCES TO JOIN WOMEN
WHO ARE BRITISH CITIZENS, STILL PROVIDING THAT:
(I) THE MARRIAGE IS NOT PRIMARILY TO SECURE ADMISSION
TO THE UK,
(II) THE PARTIES INTEND TO LIVE TOGETHER PERMANENTLY
AS MAN AND WIFE,
(III) THE PARTIES TO THE MARRIAGE HAVE MET.
(C) BUSINESSMEN, SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF
INDEPENDENT MEANS
THE LOWER LIMIT OF THE SUM OF MONEY ENABLING AN INDIVIDUAL
TO QUALIFY FOR SETTLEMENT IN THESE CATEGORIES IS TO BE
RAISED FROM POUNDS STERLING 100,000 TO POUNDS STERLING 150,000 CAPITAL, AND ON THE ALTERNATIVE (FOR PEOPLE OF INDEPENDENT MEANS) FROM POUNDS STERLING 10,000 TO
POUNDS STERLING 15,000 IN ANNUAL DISPOSAL INCOME. A CONNEXION WITH THE UK (AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
REQUIREMENT) WILL STILL HAVE TO BE SHOWN.
(D) NATIONALS OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COUNTRIES
THE CHANGES WILL SPELL OUT MORE CLEARLY THE RIGHT OF
EC NATIONALS UNDER THE TREATY OF ROME. THE REQUIREMENT
ON EC NATIONALS TO REGISTER WITH THE POLICE IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES IS TO BE DISCONTINUED.
MINOR CHANGES OF A TECHNICAL NATURE WILL ALSO BE MADE. ONE OF
THESE WILL ENABLE A PERSON TO BE READMITTED AS A RETURNING
RESIDENT ON DEMONSTRATING THAT WHEN HE LEFT THE UNITED KINGDOM, NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS PREVIOUSLY, HE HAD INDEFINITE LEAVE TO ENTER OR REMAIN, WITHOUT HAVING TO SHOW THAT HE WAS 'ORDINARILY
RESIDENT'.
3. THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE DEBATES ON THE WHITE PAPER IN BOTH HOUSES EARLY IN THE NEW SESSION OF PARLIAMENT (ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER)
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