Written Question·Home Office·UIN 69275
Visas: Gaza
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Chris Law
Scottish National Party — Dundee Central
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will waive biometric visa requirements for students in Gaza who are due to commence university programmes in the UK.
Answer
Seema MalhotraThe Home Office has put in place systems to issue expedited visas for all Chevening scholars from Gaza, with biometric checks conducted prior to arrival in the UK.We are in the process of doing the same for a group of students in Gaza who have been awarde...
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