Question follow-through · 53278
Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is considering (a) transitional arrangements and (b) specific exemptions to future immigration reforms for current British National (Overseas) visa holders.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 23 May 2025 · 4 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
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is considering (a) transitional arrangements and (b) specific exemptions to future immigration reforms for current British National (Overseas) visa holders.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 May 2025
Answer published
The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including indefinite leave to remain.This expansion of the Point-Based System will increase the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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