Oral Question·Home Office
“Whether she plans to extend the qualifying settlement period for people with British National (Overseas) visas.”
Tabled: 1 July 2025Answered: 7 July 2025
Asked by
Chris Curtis
Labour — Milton Keynes North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Seema Malhotra)
This Government are firmly committed to supporting existing members of the Hong Kong community in the United Kingdom and those who may come here in future. The new rules on earned settlement will be subject to consultation. Following that consultation we will outline the way in which the new rules will operate, explaining, for instance, which immigration routes they will affect and when the changes will come in.