Mc Moni's
AECS
Right of Abode for Dependants
of UK Expatriate Civil Servants
At present a non-UK spouse of a UK expatriate civil servant employed by the Hong Kong Government on overseas terms is understood to have no legal "right of abode" in the UK unless and until he/she has lived there for
3 years in the case of a British Citizen
5 years for others.
Non-UK spouses may be husbands or wives.
The majority of
cases where particular hardship is likely to occur however in the case of non-UK wives and children of UK residents.
Whilst it is appreciated that assurances have been given that applications will be considered sympathetically this is not likely to help a young widow with a couple of young children at the airport Immigration Counter. A system of registration would help to alleviate the problem.
19 September 1990
ASSOCIATION OF EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS OF HONG KONG
ROOM G12 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, EAST WING, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG
TEL: 5-220568