Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 29 March 2023 (HL Deb col 243) that veterans of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps will be able to apply for settlement in the UK, what information was published by the Home Office about the application procedure to be followed for settlement.

On 5 October 2023, the Home Office published detailed guidance on the application procedure for veterans of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and their family members seeking settlement in the UK.

This route is set out in the Immigration Rules Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran discharged before 1 July 1997 which contains guidance, including eligibility criteria, documentation requirements, and fee information.

The guidance is available to view on GOV.UK.