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Question follow-through · 71117

Immigration: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process the settlement protection ILR applications from Syrian nationals.

answeredHome Office

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
17 Sept 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process the settlement protection ILR applications from Syrian nationals.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The pause on processing settlement protection applications from Syrian nationals has been lifted.We are working through the outstanding cases in line with the relevant published policy guidance taking into account the latest published country policy infor...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of EU Settlement Scheme applications submitted before December 2022 have yet to be processed.

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest processing times for a decision on an in-country parent visa application.

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24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Hong Kongers with dual nationality of a third country eligible for an ETA, who also have an expired BN(O) passport, will be able to obtain an ETA to enter the UK.

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Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

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