Question follow-through · 121955
Visas: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that delays in deciding visa extension and in-country switching applications for existing care workers do not lead to the loss of experienced staff from care ho
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Immigration: Afghanistan · 29 May 2026
- Visas: Iran · 28 Aug 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
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that delays in deciding visa extension and in-country switching applications for existing care workers do not lead to the loss of experienced staff from care ho
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2026
Answer published
UK Visas and Immigration is not currently experiencing any delays in the processing of visa extensions or applications for switching in-country. Up to date processing times can be found at: Visa processing times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK, and,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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