CONFIDENTIAL
IT IS SAID AT SUB-PARA. (111) THAT CUKC FROM OVERSEAS WHO
WERE AT ONE TIME SETTLED IN U.K. AND RESIDENT THERE FOR 5 YEARS,
BUT WHO COULD NOT MEET THE RESIDENCE QUALIFICATION FOR BC STATUS,
MAY BE ALLOWED TO RETAIN THEIR PRESENT RIGHT OF ENTRY FOR THEIR
LIFETIMES.
QUERY: WOULD THIS MEAN A CUKC FROM HONG KONG WHO HAS RESIDED IN U.K. FOR 5 YEARS, BUT WHO HAS SINCE RETURNED TO HONG KONG,
CAN RETAIN HIS RIGHT OF ENTRY TO THE U.K.?
(3) PARA. 30
CAN YOU ADVISE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF HMG NEGOTIATING WITH
OTHER EEC MEMBER COUNTRIES WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING:-
(A) RIGHT OF FREE MOVEMENT WITHIN EEC FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE WHO WILL BECOME BC, BUT WHO WOULD REMAIN OUTSIDE THE PRESENT DEFINITION OF 'U.K. NATIONAL FOR EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PURPOSES''?
(B) RIGHT OF FREE MOVEMENT WITHIN EEC FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE BOC FROM HONG KONG WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR BC STATUS BUT WHO NEVERTHELESS RETAIN A RIGHT OF ENTRY TO U.K. FOR THEIR LIFETIMES?
(C) RIGHT OF FREE MOVEMENT WITHIN EEC FOR VISIT PURPOSES FOR ANY BOC, WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS A RIGHT OF ENTRY TO U.K.?
(4) PARA. 66
AT PRESENT A CUKC FROM HONG KONG WHO HAS RESIDED IN U.K. FOR A STATED PERIOD ENJOYS CERTAIN CIVIC PRIVILEGES, E.G. THE RIGHT TO VOTE. THE GREEN PAPER IS SILENT ON THE POSITION OF BOC'S. IS IT TO BE INFERRED THAT BOC'S WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR
SUCH CIVIC PRIVILEGES?
(5) PARA. 68
THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED WILL CONFER BOC STATUS ON ALL CUKC, BPP AND BRITISH SUBJECTS WITHOUT CITIZENSHIP, WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR BC STATUS. SOME OF THEM, E.G. THE 190,000 CUKC IN MALAYSIA, INDIA AND AFRICA AT PRESENT HAVE NO RIGHT OF ENTRY
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