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Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system on British National (Overseas) visa holders.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
2 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system on British National (Overseas) visa holders.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The British National Overseas route reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to the people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up British National Overseas status.We continue to uphold these commitments by supporting Bri...

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