TNAG-0903-FCO40-1113-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-changes-in-British-nationality-1979 — Page 47

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NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE CURRENT RIGHTS OF MEN SETTLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO BRING IN THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN UNDER

18. PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AGED 65 OR OVER WOULD, IN ADDITION TO EXISTING REQUIREMENTS, HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE WITHOUT OTHER RELATIVES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY TO WHOM THEY COULD TURN AND THAT THEY HAD A STANDARD OF LIVING SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THAT OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

ON THE QUESTION OF HUSBANDS AND FIANCES, THE PROPOSED IMMIGRATION RULES PROVIDE THAT, AS NOW, A HUSBAND OR MALE FIANCE WILL NOT BE ADMITTED FOR SETTLEMENT UNLESS HE HOLDS AN ENTRY CLEARANCE.

ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRIOR ENTRY CLEARANCE, ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE BEFORE GOING TO THE

UNITED KINGDOM AND THESE WOULD INCLUDE BUSINESSMEN WISHING TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN BUSINESS AND PEOPLE OF INDEPENDENT MEANS.

STRICTER CRITERIA WOULD BE APPLIED TO BOTH THESE CATEGORIES AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO PERMIT-FREE EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE TIGHTENED UP."'

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