Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure travel permission permits for Ukraine citizens are issued prior to the issuing of visas.

The process for issuing visas and permission to travel letters is different and distinct.

A visa is issued after the applicant has applied online and gone to their local visa application centre to submit their biometrics.

Permission to travel letters are issued for applicants who have a valid Ukrainian passport who can apply online to come to the UK from wherever they are and they then give their biometrics once in Britain.

Both visas and permissions to travel letter cannot be issued until after a decision has been made on a customer's application.