United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 59659
Veterans: Commonwealth
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16 June 2020
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22 June 2020 · Answer
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22 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance is provided to Commonwealth Service personnel on discharge from the UK armed forces on the steps they must take to regularise their immigration status when seeking to exercise their right to remain
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16 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance is provided to Commonwealth Service personnel on discharge from the UK armed forces on the steps they must take to regularise their immigration status when seeking to exercise their right to remain
Source: Commons
22 June 2020
Answer
When Commonwealth citizens (and Gurkhas) are enlisted in the UK Armed Forces the Home Office grant them Exempt from Immigration Control status under section 8(4) of the Immigration Act 1971. This is valid for the duration of their Regular Service, and the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-16/59659
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1204518
- uk · wq-1204518 · source updated 22 June 2020