PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 September 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Family and Dependent Visa arrangements on incentives for chain migration.

Asked by:
Blake Stephenson (Conservative)

The Government's Immigration White Paper, published last year, highlighted the growth in work visas in recent years, particularly in medium-skilled roles, and the associated growth in dependent visas. That is why the Government acted to restrict workers sponsored in medium-skilled roles from bringing dependants and introduced new language requirements for dependants.

Those work and study visa holders who are able to bring dependants can only sponsor their partners/spouses and dependent children under age 18, not wider family members.

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