Written Question·Home Office·UIN 105330

Immigration

Tabled: 13 January 2026

Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce protections for ancestry visa holders in the context of her proposed reforms to indefinite leave to remain.

Answer

Mike Tapp

The UK values its close cultural and historical ties with its fellow Commonwealth countries. This is reflected in our immigration system by the UK Ancestry visa, which allows Commonwealth citizens with a UK-born grandparent to live and work in the UK.The ...

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