Undocumented Migrants: Vetting
Commons · Question 103844 · Tabled 7 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting her Department undertakes into people who arrived in the UK illegally who subsequently apply for leave to remain.
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 16 Jan 2026
The Home Office performs mandatory identity verification and security checks on all individuals applying to enter or remain in the UK. These checks are set out in comprehensive, internal guidance called the UK Visas and Immigration Operating Mandate (OM)....