http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10040984.html
"Hundreds of retired Gurkhas are preparing to emigrate from Nepal to Britain following a change in rules for issuing visas to old soldiers.
Twenty-nine applications were lodged with the British embassy in Kathmandu after the change became apparent. Major Tikendra Dewan, of the British Gurkha Welfare Society, will file a similar number of applications every day for a week. Purna Gurung, 53, who hopes to work as a security guard or a driver, said: "Because of the crisis in Nepal everyone would like to go to the UK it's civilised. Here it's dangerous to go out." The visa change addresses an anomaly that had infuriated veterans' groups. Official policy said only Gurkhas who retired after 1997 were allowed to settle in Britain while older veterans were excluded. But the Home Office routinely granted older Gurkhas leave to remain while the Kathmandu embassy refused to let them even travel to the UK in case they stayed. Visa officers abroad are now told to use the same "discretion" as the Home Office." [Snippet]
