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also ready from today to accept and grant applications
from any of the 270 or so former servicemen in Hong Kong together with their dependants who wish to come to the
United Kingdom for settlement."
Thus it was made quite clear from the outset that only a minority of
these former servicemen was likely to qualify for registration as
British citizens under section 4(5), which relates only to those with
service on behalf of a Crown colony. The rest will be allowed to come to
this country with their dependants at any time they wish to do so. They will be granted settlement on arrival and, after five years' residence
here, will be eligible to apply for registration as British citizens.
A person who is "settled in the United Kingdom" remains subject to
lift immigration control and, for example, if he were to leave the country
he would have to return within two years to be granted admission as returning residents. However, a person granted settlement is free from
any restriction on the period for which he may remain and, in effect, he
enjoys virtually all the rights accorded to full British citizens.
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