Immigrants: Coronavirus
(asked on 2nd November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to support people whose visas are due to expire and who cannot return to their country of origin as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
We have published guidance on exceptional assurance for visa applicants in the UK and abroad:
It confirms if you intend to leave the UK, but have not been able to do so and you have a visa or leave which expires between 1 November and 30 November 2020, you may request additional time to stay, also known as ‘exceptional assurance’, by completing the online form.https://hsforms.smartcdn.co.uk/webform.html
If you are granted ‘exceptional assurance’ it will act as a short-term protection against any adverse action or consequences after your leave has expired. If conditions allowed you to work, study or rent accommodation you may continue to do so during the period of your exceptional assurance. Exceptional assurance does not grant you leave.
Whilst an application for ‘exceptional assurance’ is being considered, you will not be treated as an overstayer or suffer any detriment in any future immigration applications for this consideration period.