Written Question·Home Office·UIN 70894

Visas

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal DemocratOxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposals in the immigration white paper of 12 May 2025 on people on ancestry visas.

Answer

Mike Tapp
The Government values the UK’s close cultural and historical ties with its fellow Commonwealth countries and this is reflected by the UK Ancestry visa, which allows Commonwealth citizens with a UK-born grandparent to live and work in the UK.Further detail...

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