Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) waiving application fees for Minister for Religion visas and (b) simplifying the process to obtain Minister for Religion visas for Ukrainian priests to travel to the UK.

Rather than creating measures specific to individual immigration routes, the Government has brought forward a bespoke humanitarian support package for the people of Ukraine, having listened carefully to the Ukrainian Government. The Government has introduced two new schemes: the Ukraine Family Scheme, and for those without family links to the UK, the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

Up-to-date guidance is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/support-for-family-members-of-british-nationals-in-ukraine-and-ukrainian-nationals-in-ukraine-and-the-uk.

There are no bespoke arrangements for Ukrainian priests who want to come to the UK on the T2 Minister of Religion visa route, but those who wish to do so may still apply in the usual way.