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Commons · Question 120267 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, whether the block will apply to applicants who have bee

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 17 Mar 2026

It is estimated that the brake will reduce the number of asylum claims from migrants arriving in the UK on visas by 1,400 over an 18-month period.The brake does not cancel existing visas, nor does it change the conditions of visas already granted.