PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Visas: Married People (11 May 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend prospective marriage visas free of charge where weddings have been unable to take place as a result of covid-19.

Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)

Answer

The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic including extending visas for those affected with temporary stay to 31 May. We continue to monitor the situation closely and take these exceptional circumstances into account.

These are unprecedented times and we may make further temporary adjustments to requirements where necessary and appropriate.


Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
18 May 2020

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