Question follow-through · 52946
Visas: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) expand and (b) simplify the Global Talent visa route.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 23 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) expand and (b) simplify the Global Talent visa route.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
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23 May 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we will continue to work closely with our endorsing bodies on policy proposals to make it simpler and easier for top scientific and design talent to use the Global Talent Visa route, and ensure the UK can bring i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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