(I was the original poster of this thread, so please refer to my previous posts regarding my 3* ROA status)
My father who was born in HK, and travelled to the UK on a HK passport under a 'British Colony travel document' in 1957. Weather my father was classed as 'settled in the UK' I am not sure as this was his only travel document until he applied for a UK passport.
This travel document expired at the end of 1967, and I was born before this document expired, and it was only after I was born, my father got his 'Full' UK passport. Could I take it that when he received his UK passport that this is when he could have been classed as 'settled'?
Does this therefore mean that I will keep my 3* status regardless of the 3 year rule? Also.. If I were to extend my leaves, ie that I do not return within 3 years, Does HK immigration know this immediately when I return to HK, and wheels put into motion that I will lose my 3* status?