Question follow-through · 37587

Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the period of duration for spousal visas.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the period of duration for spousal visas.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    A partner or spouse coming to or staying in the UK with their British or settled relative is granted permission for 33 or 30 months respectively. The temporary grant of permission allows the Home Office to confirm the relationship is ongoing and subsistin...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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