Immigration: Hong Kong
Commons · Question 94005 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that no retrospective eligibility conditions will be applied to existing British National (Overseas) visa holders who have settled in the UK on the basis of the rules or
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 27 Nov 2025
The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ...