Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas) — Written Question

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) five-year residency requirement for Indefinite Leave to Remain and (b) subsequent one-year period for naturalisation will remain in place for British National (Overseas) visa holders (

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including indefinite leave to remain.This expansion of the Point-Based System will increase the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years...

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