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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to revoke the visas of individuals where her Department has made a mistake in issuing those visas and the individual concerned has gone to the family courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to revoke the visas of individuals where her Department has made a mistake in issuing those visas and the individual concerned has gone to the family courts.
If the SSHD has issued a visa in error, The Immigration Act 1971 gives the SSHD an implied power to correct that error if it is appropriate to do so.
Additionally, the Immigration Rules provide for a person's permission to be cancelled where they fail to comply with the conditions attached to their visa or commit Criminal offences.
More information can be found at:
Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules: Part Suitability - Guidance - GOV.UK
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what transitional arrangements she plans to introduce for UK Ancestry visa holders and their dependants who are partway through the five-year route to indefinite leave to remain; and when she plans to announce a decision on those arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what transitional arrangements she plans to introduce for UK Ancestry visa holders and their dependants who are partway through the five-year route to indefinite leave to remain; and when she plans to announce a decision on those arrangements.
The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.
We received over 200,000 responses and are now in the process of carefully considering the feedback received, including consideration of any potential exemptions or transitional measures for those already on a pathway to settlement. As no final decisions have been made, I can give no further detail at this time.
The final model will also be subject to economic and equality impact assessments, which we have committed to publish in due course. In the meantime, the current UK Ancestry visa rules will continue to apply, and any changes will be communicated in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding the role of sheep shearer to the Temporary Shortage List.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding the role of sheep shearer to the Temporary Shortage List.
The Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems in the UK. This approach is important to enabling delivery of the Government’s broader agenda.
The Temporary Shortage List (TSL) does not include agricultural contractors or sheep shearers. It is only made up of occupations which are key to the Industrial Strategy or delivering critical infrastructure, and where ambitious jobs plans are in place to maximise the use of the UK workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the role of agricultural contractor to the Temporary Shortage List.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the role of agricultural contractor to the Temporary Shortage List.
The Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems in the UK. This approach is important to enabling delivery of the Government’s broader agenda.
The Temporary Shortage List (TSL) does not include agricultural contractors or sheep shearers. It is only made up of occupations which are key to the Industrial Strategy or delivering critical infrastructure, and where ambitious jobs plans are in place to maximise the use of the UK workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether nationality is used as a factor in selecting Student route applicants for credibility interviews.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether nationality is used as a factor in selecting Student route applicants for credibility interviews.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how credibility interviews for Student route applicants are recorded; and whether those records are verbatim transcripts, audio recordings, or notes typed by the interviewing officer.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how credibility interviews for Student route applicants are recorded; and whether those records are verbatim transcripts, audio recordings, or notes typed by the interviewing officer.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether speech-to-text or automated transcription software is used to record credibility interviews.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether speech-to-text or automated transcription software is used to record credibility interviews.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applicants for student route visas are given a copy of their interview record before a decision is made; and whether they have an opportunity to correct inaccuracies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applicants for student route visas are given a copy of their interview record before a decision is made; and whether they have an opportunity to correct inaccuracies.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student route applicants from each of the 20 most common nationalities were required to attend a credibility interview each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Student route applicants from each of the 20 most common nationalities were required to attend a credibility interview each year since 2021.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance refusals were withdrawn following representations from hon. Members in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance refusals were withdrawn following representations from hon. Members in each of the last five years.
Applicants are not routinely provided with the interview record before a decision is made. They may request a copy by making a subject access request
The Home Office does not routinely publish the proportion of Student route applicants, by nationality, who are required to attend a credibility interview. The information could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Interviews are currently conducted by video call and are not audio-recorded or automatically transcribed. Further information is available in the published Student and Child Student caseworker guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-route-caseworker-guidance/student-and-child-stud…
UK Visas and Immigration may conduct a credibility interview when assessing whether a Student route applicant is a genuine student from all nationailites. This may include consideration of the applicant’s reasons for studying in the UK, knowledge of their course, career plans and English-language ability.
Information on the number of Student route entry clearance refusals withdrawn following representations from Honourable Members is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. An eligible refusal decision may be challenged through an administrative review.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned.
No assessment has been made of the potential merits of refunding visa application fees where a refusal is withdrawn or overturned and there are currently no plans to carry out such an assessment in the future.
The circumstances in which an application fee may be refunded are set out in the Home Office’s immigration and nationality refunds policy, available via the following link: Immigration and nationality refunds policy (accessible) - GOV.UK.
Fees are paid for the consideration of an application. The Home Office does not refund an application fee where an application has been refused or granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants refused under the Student route subsequently made a fresh application in each year since 2021; and what proportion of those fresh applications were granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants refused under the Student route subsequently made a fresh application in each year since 2021; and what proportion of those fresh applications were granted.
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any targets, quotas or caps, formal or informal, to the number of Student route applications granted or refused by nationality.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any targets, quotas or caps, formal or informal, to the number of Student route applications granted or refused by nationality.
The Student route is a global, points-based immigration route. There are no targets, quotas or caps to the number of Student applications granted or refused. Applications are considered on their individual merits against the requirements of the Immigration Rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route applications from Ghanaian nationals were refused under paragraph ST 5.1 in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route applications from Ghanaian nationals were refused under paragraph ST 5.1 in each year since 2021.
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance applications were (a) granted and (b) refused for each of the 20 most common nationalities in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Student route entry clearance applications were (a) granted and (b) refused for each of the 20 most common nationalities in each year since 2021.
The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost to her Department is of processing a Student visa application.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost to her Department is of processing a Student visa application.
The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK.
Fees charged from 2024 can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.
Fees charged before 2024 can be viewed through the National Archives.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income her Department received from visa application fees for Student route applications that were refused in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income her Department received from visa application fees for Student route applications that were refused in each year since 2021.
The information requested is not available. The Home Office’s financial system records income from student applications but does not distinguish between applications that are granted or refused. All application outcomes which incur a charge, including refusals, are reported as income.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the fee was for a Student visa application made from outside the UK in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the fee was for a Student visa application made from outside the UK in each year since 2015.
The Home Office publishes the fees charged and the estimated unit cost of processing immigration and nationality applications on GOV.UK.
Fees charged from 2024 can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data.
Fees charged before 2024 can be viewed through the National Archives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in international student enrolment at UK higher education institutions since 2021; and what assessment she has made of the impact of Student visa refusal rates on the finances of those institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in international student enrolment at UK higher education institutions since 2021; and what assessment she has made of the impact of Student visa refusal rates on the finances of those institutions.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an impact assessment of the additional costs arising from dependants of those arriving on work visas between 2020 and 2026; and, if so, what that assessment found in respect of (1) costs to local authorities, (2) costs to the NHS, and (3) the increased...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an impact assessment of the additional costs arising from dependants of those arriving on work visas between 2020 and 2026; and, if so, what that assessment found in respect of (1) costs to local authorities, (2) costs to the NHS, and (3) the increased...