Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors are taken into account when deciding whether to curtail leave following a breach of visa conditions.

When a visa holder is found to have breached the conditions attached to their leave, the Home Office has the power to cancel the person’s permission to enter or stay in the UK, under the Immigration Rules. The ground on which the person’s permission is cancelled will be dependent on the condition breached.

Decisions on whether to cancel a person’s permission to enter or stay are made on an individual basis, after careful consideration of all the relevant facts and circumstances of the case. Factors taken into account when deciding whether to cancel permission, include, but are not limited to whether the breach of conditions was within, or outside of the person’s control. Decisions can also take into account, exceptional or compassionate circumstances, such as serious illness or medical conditions, including those linked to pregnancy.