Question follow-through · 119094
Visas: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of foreign passports no longer being held by the Passport Office for the duration of the family visa application process.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Visas: Families · 10 Mar 2026
- Immigration: Myanmar · 13 May 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
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of foreign passports no longer being held by the Passport Office for the duration of the family visa application process.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2026
Answer published
With the introduction of the eVisa digital permission, eligible customers can now complete their biometric appointment at the Visa Application Centre (VAC) and retain their passport. Customers applying under family routes have retained their passports whi...
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.
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Immigration: Myanmar
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the new work and study immigration routes will be open to nationals from Myanmar.