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.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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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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Recorded timeline

  1. 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.

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 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.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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