Question follow-through · 18495
Independent Immigration Appeals Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 19 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, whether a person will be required to demonstrate likely financial independence throughout the entire duration of any leave granted.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 3 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
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to clause 19 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, whether a person will be required to demonstrate likely financial independence throughout the entire duration of any leave granted.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Clause 19 strengthens the existing financial independence considerations that form part of the public interest test in Article 8 cases.The provision will require decision makers to assess more rigorously an individual's ability to support and accommodate ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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