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Commons · Question 97433 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Maya Ellis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to modify the UK Ancestry visa.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 11 Dec 2025

The Government values the UK’s close cultural and historical ties with its fellow Commonwealth countries. This is reflected in our immigration system by the UK Ancestry visa, which allows Commonwealth citizens with a UK-born grandparent to live and work i...