Question follow-through · 97433

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to modify the UK Ancestry visa.

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Home Office
Tabled
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
11 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to modify the UK Ancestry visa.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government values the UK’s close cultural and historical ties with its fellow Commonwealth countries. This is reflected in our immigration system by the UK Ancestry visa, which allows Commonwealth citizens with a UK-born grandparent to live and work i...

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Immigration

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has regarding the eligibility of adult children of British citizens with UK Ancestry visas to remain on the five-year route to Indefinite Leave to Remain.