Question follow-through · 117565
UK Visas and Immigration: Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of UK Visa and Immigration holding applicants' passports for multiple months on those applicants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Visas: Married People · 24 Mar 2026
- Immigration Controls · 24 Mar 2026
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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
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of UK Visa and Immigration holding applicants' passports for multiple months on those applicants.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
Visa processing times are published on the UKVI website at Visa processing times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). UKVI are currently processing applications on ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Visas: Married People
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure spousal visa applications remain affordable in the context of the additional costs of the immigration healthcare surcharge.
Immigration Controls
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment on the impact of the changes to immigration rules on those currently in the visa renewal process.