Question follow-through · 16149
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on inviting people sanctioned by foreign Governments to the UK.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on inviting people sanctioned by foreign Governments to the UK.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Immigration Rules provide for the refusal of entry clearance, permission to enter and permission to stay on general grounds, regardless of the category in which an individual makes an application.A person will usually be refused on general grounds if ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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