Question follow-through · 34767
British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, what definition her Department uses of exceptional, compelling, and mitigating circumstances.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, what definition her Department uses of exceptional, compelling, and mitigating circumstances.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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11 Mar 2025
Answer published
An exceptional case is one where on the facts of the case, the application would normally be refused but there are mitigating circumstances which mean it would be appropriate to grant. The policy guidance contains a non-exhaustive list of examples of wher...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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