Visas: Turkey

(asked on 28th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to introduce the new route to Indefinite Leave for Remain (IDR) for self-employed Turkish business people in the UK under the European Community Association Agreement with Turkey (Ankara Agreement) Business Persons visa category; what principles her Department will apply in designing the new route to ILR; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the new route complies with the UK’s obligations under the Ankara Agreement.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 16th April 2018

A new settlement route for Turkish business persons will be introduced in the latter half of 2018. While the requirements of such a category are to be determined, this will be a charged route in line with others who are seeking to settle in the UK. We will announce the requirements in due course.

Case law of the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that there is no settlement route for Turkish business persons under the Ankara Agreement. The Home Office continues to comply with the Agreement in terms of assessing entry clearance to the UK and leave to remain for those Turkish nationals who wish to establish a business here.

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