Immigration
Commons · Question 105330 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce protections for ancestry visa holders in the context of her proposed reforms to indefinite leave to remain.
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 21 Jan 2026
The UK values its 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 in the UK.The ...