Question follow-through · 93519
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that spousal visa applications are processed in line with equality standards, especially where one party has (a) a learning disability and (b) Down's Syndrome.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that spousal visa applications are processed in line with equality standards, especially where one party has (a) a learning disability and (b) Down's Syndrome.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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26 Nov 2025
Answer published
The partner route under Appendix FM includes different requirements for those who have a disability in recognition of the Home Office’s equality obligations. For example, where the sponsor is claiming certain health disability allowances the family must m...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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