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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 806 OF 14 OCTOBER.
INFO ROUTINE BOMBAY (ACTIONED).
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THE BRITISH HOME SECRETARY, MR WILLIAM WHITEŁAW, TODAY PUBLISHED A WHITE PAPER SETTING OUT PROPOSALS FOR LIMITED CHANGES TO THE RULES GOVERNING IMMIGRATION IN TO BRITAIN. THESE CHANGES ARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO BRING THE IMMIGRATION RULES INTO LINE WITH THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT, WHICH WILL ENTER INFO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1983, AND DO NOT REPRESENT ANY CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON IMMIGRATION
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THE PRINCIPLE CHANGE CONCERNS FOREIGN HUSBANDS AND MALE FIANCES. AT PRESENT, FOREIGN HUSBANDS AND MALE FIANCES SEEKING TO JOIN THEIR WIVES OR FIANCEES IN BRITAIN DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER THE UK UNLESS THE WOMAN CONCERNED IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
COLONIES WHO WAS BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ONE OF WHOSE PARENTS
WAS BORN THERE. THE CHANGE NOW PROPOSED WOULD ALLOW FOREIGN HUSBANDS AND FIANCES TO JOIN WOMEN WHO ARE BRITISH CITIZENS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR PLACE OF BRITH, PROVIDED THAT THE MARRIAGE IS NOT DESIGNED SIMPLY TO SECURE ENTRY TO BRITAIN AND IS INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT, AND THAT THE COUPLE HAVE MET.
OTHER CHANGES PROPOSED WOULD ALLOW CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983, NEITHER OF WHOSE PARENTS IS A BRITISH CITIZEN OR SETTLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, TO ENTER OR REMAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE SAME TERMS AS THEIR PARENTS. THE CONDITIONS FOR
THE ENTRY INTO BRITAIN OF BUSINESSMEN, SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF INDEPENDENT MEANS WILL ALSO BE ALTERED.
THE WHITE PAPER WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT. REVISED
IMMIGRATION RULES WILL THEN BE INTRODUCED AND WILL COME INTO
EFFECT ON 1 JANUARY 1983 AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BRITISH NATIONALITY
ACT.
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