§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what precise form of documentary evidence is required by immigration officers from male Commonwealth citizens already resident in the United Kingdom regarding their marital status, and whether the man is free to marry, before they permit female Commonwealth citizens limited entry into the United Kingdom on grounds that they are joining fiancés already here, as in the 329W cases of some 2,774 women admitted in recent months.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe evidence is not necessarily documentary. The man is examined, either at the port or where he lives, as well as the passenger, and the immigration officer does not grant admission unless reasonably satisfied that the marriage is likely to take place within a reasonable time.