84-year-old gurkha gets to stay in uk

[Old Greg]

Because he is 84. I suspect he retired before any o fthat was made available and it wasn't retrospective.

So perhaps if they retire after the ruling was made they have the same rights as Commonwealth citiens?

[Troll]

Possibly something to do with his age? When do you think he retired? Were those rule changes retrospective to all?

Surely not applying retrospectively could be termed as discriminatory (ageist?)

[Old Greg]

Surely not applying retrospectively could be termed as discriminatory (ageist?)

No, I guess it's about terms of service when you served. Like any contract, I suppose.

[The Lone Gunman]

Don't know the detail, going from memory. No time for research.

Gurkhas were treated differently for valid reasons. Nepal, debt of honour, fierce pride etc...
Law changed for comonwealth fighters.
Law changed years later for Gurkhas.

Bottom line. This bloke fell outside rules. Some jobsworth wouldn't flex.
At 84 he will have seen action with a regiment whos battle honours are without question and he will have served when those honours were hardest won.
He deserves everything this nation can offer.

[Troll]

No, I guess it's about terms of service when you served. Like any contract, I suppose.

The terms of service which they signed up to, said that all Ghurkhas were to be discharged back to Nepal, & had pay & pension settlements different to UK personnel

All have been changed

[Troll]

Like I said, only recently.

The pay was not backdated or anything like that. They served for us basically for a pittence (sp).

It's relative though isn't it, the rate was a good local pay hence the fierce competition to join up.

[Mailman]

Oh.. and automatic UK citizenship

So if these guys get automatic UK citizenship why didnt he?

Oh thats right, he couldnt demonstrate a link to this country!

Mailman

[shaunbhoy]

It's relative though isn't it, the rate was a good local pay hence the fierce competition to join up.

And what the fook would YOU know about service to this country you fecking xenophobic dimwit? I suppose the fact that the country is unlikely ever to be desperate enough to require any service you might be able to provide it means you feel immune to considering the efforts of others that due to nothing more than an accident of birth were not born here? W anker!!

[Mailman]

It's on other pages...http://www.army.mod.uk/soldierwelfar...gon/index.html

New citizen rights for Commonwealth Service personnel - Commonwealth soldiers serving in the British Armed Forces abroad can now gain UK citizenship under a change to the rules announced by the Home Office on 22 November 2006.

To reflect the commitment and sacrifice made by Service personnel from outside the UK in the British forces, they will now be eligible to apply for citizenship despite having been stationed abroad for the majority of their service.

You should actually read what you post before you proffer anything up as evidence as a simple click on the link would have brought you to this;

Under the new rules they will no longer be required to complete five years residency in the UK (three years if married to or the civil partner of a British citizen) before applying to become a British citizen. Instead, time spent serving anywhere in the world will be counted towards the residency requirement.

So in effect the old geezer would still have been fooked because he wasnt resident in the UK anyways.

In fact this change was brought in after instances last year where people who had been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan had their permanent residence applications declined by the home office because they had been out of the country for more than 9 months over the previous 4 year period.

In essence the Ghurka's are second class soldiers.

Mailman

[sasguru]

And what the fook would YOU know about service to this country you fecking xenophobic dimwit? I suppose the fact that the country is unlikely ever to be desperate enough to require any service you might be able to provide it means you feel immune to considering the efforts of others that due to nothing more than an accident of birth were not born here? W anker!!

Even Shaun got to peel potatoes for his country