§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the refusal of an extension visa for Dr. M. Khan, Ref. No. TH/23660/91; and whether he will now allow a visa until the Royal College of Surgeons examinations in February.
§ Mr. Peter LloydDr. Khan came to the United Kingdom on 11 May 1990 as a visitor and was admitted for six months, which is the maximum period under the immigration rules allowed to visitors. He then applied to remain here to resit examinations for the Royal College of Surgeons of England which he had previously failed. That request was granted exceptionally outside the immigration rules. He subsequently asked for further leave to remain to sit examinations—to take place in September 1991—for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. That application was refused. His subsequent appeal to the independent adjudicator was dismissed and leave to appeal to the immigration appeal tribunal refused. I do not believe I would be justified in affording further exceptional treatment to Dr. Khan, and he should now make arrangements to leave the United Kingdom.