A question on #ImmigrationControls #BritishNational(Overseas) tabled by Pippa Heylings on 19-05-2025 has been answered by Seema Malhotra.

Heading: Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)
Question ID: 1804165
UIN: 53277
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-19
Asking Member ID: 5078
Asking Member display name: Pippa Heylings
Asking Member handle: pippaheylings
Asking Member Twitter reference: @pippaheylings
Member interest: false
Question text: 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 (
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Date answered: 2025-05-23
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4253
Answering Member display name: Seema Malhotra
Answering Member handle: SeemaMalhotra1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @SeemaMalhotra1
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Answer text: 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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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true