Visas: Overseas Visitors
Commons · Question 1276 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 19 May 2026
Question
Asked by Zarah Sultana
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce (a) an independent right of appeal for refused Visitor visa applications and (b) clearer guidance for applicants whose applications are refused, including inf
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 19 May 2026
There is no right of appeal against the refusal of a visit visa and there are no plans to introduce one; it was removed by Parliament in June 2013.All applicants who are refused a visit visa are provided with a refusal notice setting out the reasons for t...