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Immigration and Nationality Department
Nationality Office 3rd Floor India Buildings Water Street Liverpool L2 0QN Telephone 051-236 4723
HOME OFFICE
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Mr E Tsui
Immigration Department
Naturalisation and Nationality Section
7 Gloucester Road
WAN CHAI Hong Kong
Your reference
NAT L/M 191/90 etc
Our reference NTY/90 387/1333/15
Date
July 1991
Dear Mr Tsui
PROSPECTIVE SECTION 6(1) APPLICATIONS (CROWN SERVICE)
Your letter of 19 April (which clearly crossed in the post with my letters of 12 and 23 April respectively referring in turn to NAT L/M 321/90 and NAT L/M 278/90 et al) to my predecessor, Alan Green, found its way to me several weeks ago but I have been unable to turn my attention to it before now.
We are of course aware of the guidance in DSP Vol. 43 Annex 8, item 9, para 3.3, but the guidance contained there is merely intended to reflect Home Office policy on naturalisation. The purpose of Mrs Kellas' letter of 5.12.1990 was to explain that we had changed our policy and no longer wished to entertain enquiries about the prospects of success of s. 6(1) Crown service applications. The guidance in DSP has simply not yet been amended in line and I have now asked FCO to bring it up to date. Until it has been, we must ask you to disregard the reference in para. 3.3. to obtaining preliminary reports from prospective applicants' Commanding Officers. The Commanding Officer's report should in future only be obtained if a formal application is made.
At the time of writing I have accumulated some 110 outstanding s. 6(1) Crown service enquiries which you have referred. Please note that we shall not be giving any advice as to whether these (or any future) enquirers should make applications and I would be grateful if you could inform them accordingly. Incidentally, we have sufficient identifying particulars on most of the individuals concerned to have been able to open personal files (which is important in case a formal application is made later) but there are a number for whom we still require dates of birth. I enclose a list of these and would be grateful if you could supply dates of birth in due course. I may need to write to you again adding to this list if and when further enquiries which are still in the pipeline reach me.
Yours sincerely
B HEBBLEWHITE
Nationality Division
c.c. Mr Ronchetti/ NTD, FCO
Mr Hague, HKD, FCO
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