Written questions

Immigration: Hong Kong

Commons · Question 63598 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing additional resource to the priority service for processing Indefinite Leave to Remain applications on the BNO route for Hong Kongers.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 8 Jul 2025

The Priority Visa Service for BNO (British National Overseas) Indefinite Leave to Remain applications was introduced on 8 September 2023. Straightforward applications are processed within 5 days of biometric enrolment. Sufficient resource is allocated to ...