Question follow-through · 33289

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assist applicants who cannot apply online to access temporary visas.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
27 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assist applicants who cannot apply online to access temporary visas.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Where a customer cannot apply online themselves for a visa, they may ask a family member or other appointed representative to assist in completing the application on their behalf. The visa application includes various authorities and declarations, and the...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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