Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)
Commons · Question 53277 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 23 May 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
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 (
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 23 May 2025
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...