Question follow-through · 123480
Visas: Married People
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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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
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
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.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Home Office has always provided for exceptions to the need to pay application fees in a number of specific circumstances. These include affordability-based waivers for entry clearance and leave to remain on family and human rights routes. In such case...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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