Question follow-through · 27444
Visas: EU Countries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to negotiate a six-month visa waiver scheme with the EU.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 7 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
29 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to negotiate a six-month visa waiver scheme with the EU.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
Both the UK and the EU allow for visa-free short-term travel in line with their respective arrangements for third country nationals. The UK allows EU citizens short-term, visa-free travel for up to six months. Meanwhile, the Schengen Borders Code allows f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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