Question follow-through · 19885
Visas: Entertainers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exemption to the rules preventing anyone previously sentenced to more than 12 months in custody from obtaining visas for performing artist
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 19 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exemption to the rules preventing anyone previously sentenced to more than 12 months in custody from obtaining visas for performing artist
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Immigration Rules in this area are aligned with the long-standing automatic deportation threshold for individuals who have received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more, as set out in the UK Borders Act 2007. In exceptional circumstances, a visa ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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