Immigration: Coronavirus

(asked on 21st October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the decision to allow biometric information submitted as part of a person’s previous immigration application to be reused in further applications will continue following the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 28th October 2020

The Home Office has begun to reuse previously enrolled biometrics in limited circumstances where they are suitable for such use. This includes some students who apply for visas under the new points-based immigration system, to manage the specific demand placed on our resources and to free up biometric enrolment facilities for other applicants. We will consider how best to widen our use of previously enrolled biometrics in due course.

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