To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people who have been granted a visa to enter the UK but are not able to travel during that period because of the covid-19 pandemic are able to enter the UK once those travel restrictions are lifted without needing to reapply for a further visa.
Answered on
23 March 2020
The Government recognises that travel plans have been and may continue to be severely disrupted.
This is one of a number of issues the Home Office is working through and we are taking a pragmatic approach to ensure individuals are not penalised as a result of issues arising from the covid-19 pandemic which are beyond their control
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Home Office
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