RETURNING RESIDENTS
Background
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The Immigration Rules relating to returning residents provide that a passenger returning to the United Kingdom from overseas is to be admitted for settlement on satisfying the Immigration
Officer that he had indefinite leave to enter or remain in the
United Kingdom when he last left; that he has not been away for longer than 2 years; and that he now seeks admission for the purpose of settlement. A passenger who has been away from the United Kingdom for more than 2 years may also be admitted if he
has lived here for most of his life.
Small amendments were made in the wording of the Rules relating
to returning residents with effect from May 1990. These changes were simply intended to reinforce the long-standing
to
operations of these provisions and do not affect the position of persons ordinarily
ordinarily resident here
here who wish to resume their
residence after a temporary absence overseas. The Rules relating to returning residents, as the phase itself implies, are intended to allow persons resident in this country to resume their residence after an absence of up to 2 years: they do not entitle people resident overseas to maintain settled status in the United Kingdom by paying short visits to this country once every 2
years.
Over 600,000 passengers are admitted to this country as returning residents every year. There is absolutely no evidence that the changes made in May 1990 have made it more difficult for persons who are resident in the United Kingdom and returning to this country after a temporary absence overseas to establish their claim to admission as a returning resident.
Line to take
The amendments which were made last year to the Rules relating to returning residents were intended to clarify the drafting and
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