Question follow-through · 75136
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise visa applications from overseas parties required to appear before UK courts.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2025 · 8 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
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise visa applications from overseas parties required to appear before UK courts.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Sept 2025
Answer published
UKVI will always seek to ensure those who need to attend court are able to do so in line with the Immigration Rules and wider court instructions.All short term visit visas are governed by our published service standards. These can be found here: Visitors ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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