Question follow-through · 116050

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made in maturing the eVisa programme.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 25 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 2 Mar 2026
Answer: 4 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made in maturing the eVisa programme.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
eVisas were introduced in 2018 and are replacing physical evidence of immigration status such as Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs), Biometric Residence Cards (BRCs) and vignettes.The Minister for Migration and Citizenship provided an update on the transi...

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