Question follow-through · 15674
Immigration: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to collect biometric data from Palestinians seeking to reunite with family members in the UK in the absence of a functioning visa application centre in Gaza.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 22 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Visas: Palestinians · 18 Dec 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to collect biometric data from Palestinians seeking to reunite with family members in the UK in the absence of a functioning visa application centre in Gaza.
26 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
In most circumstances, foreign nationals who are required to apply for entry clearance to come to the UK are required to enrol their biometrics in the form of a facial image and fingerprints as part of the application process.The Visa Application Centre i...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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