Four adult children of Nepalese fighters affected by policy which refuses indefinite leave to over-18s if not already settled in UK Four adult children from Gurkha families have lost a test-case high court battle for the right to live with parents settled in the UK. A judge upheld Home Office decisions refusing the four, who are in their late 20s and early 30s, indefinite leave to remain in the country. Lawyers for the four argued that a policy barring over-18s not already settled from getting leave, except in exceptional circumstances, did not reflect the “devotion and commitment of the Gurkhas and their families to the UK and the British army”. But Mr Justice Eady said the policy determining who should be allowed to settle covered the families of all foreign and Commonwealth service personnel

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