Refugees: Ukraine
Question
Adam Dance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the application window for the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme to three months.
Answer
Seema MalhotraThe 28-day window for applications to be submitted helps ensure effective operational planning and sufficient biometric enrolment capacity across all visa routes, which ultimately allows us to deliver the most efficient service for customers.
Those who apply before their current permission expires will retain the conditions of their current visa while their application is under consideration, enabling them to continue to exercise their rights to work, study, and live in the UK.
As with all aspects of our service delivery, this will continue to be monitored.