Question follow-through · 36199
Veterans: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on removing visa fees for (a) non-UK armed forces veterans who have served for four or more years and (b) their dependents.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- War Graves: North East · 30 Oct 2025
- Veterans: North East · 4 Nov 2025
- Armed Forces: Housing · 10 Nov 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on removing visa fees for (a) non-UK armed forces veterans who have served for four or more years and (b) their dependents.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Mar 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to scrapping visa fees for non-UK veterans who have served our country for four or more years, and their dependents. The Ministry of Defence is actively working with the Home Office to take this forward.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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War Graves: North East
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Veterans: North East
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for veterans in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.
Armed Forces: Housing
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the number of service family accommodation by (a) region, (b) local authority, and (c) Westminster constituency.