Immigration: Northern Ireland

(asked on 10th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2020 to Question 3232, on Immigration: Northern Ireland, what the timeframe is for changing the immigration rules to allow the family members of people from Northern Ireland to apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 13th March 2020

The Home Office intends to change the UK’s Immigration Rules so family members of the people of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens and will open the route in the near future.

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