Question follow-through · 64530
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered granting British National (Overseas) visa holders parity with EU nationals who retain a five-year route to settled status under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- 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
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered granting British National (Overseas) visa holders parity with EU nationals who retain a five-year route to settled status under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in due course.We regul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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