§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information is requested from applicants for permanent settlement in the United Kingdom from (a) the New Commonwealth and Pakistan, (b) European Economic Community countries and (c) all other countries with regard to arrangements which they may have made with regard to housing and employment in the United Kingdom; to what extent this information affects other applications; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe relevant requirements are stipulated in parts IV and VI of the immigration rules (HC169). In brief, wives, children and other dependent relatives, who account for most of those who apply for settlement from abroad, must show that their sponsor in the United Kingdom is able and willing to maintain and accommodate them without recourse to public funds. This does not apply where a Commonwealth citizen who has the right of abode, or was settled here on 1 January 1973, is sponsoring the admission of a wife or child, nor where the sponsor is a European Community national exercising his right to free movement under the provisions of the Treaty of Rome. Dependent relatives are not asked about any plans for employment.
The husband of a British citizen who is seeking admission with a view to settlement with his wife in the United Kingdom does not have to meet specific requirements as to housing and employment, but has to satisfy the entry clearance officer of the matters laid down in paragraph 54 of the rules.