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Commons · Question 57018 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on the UK Ancestry Visa.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 11 Jun 2025

The UK Government values its 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 details ...