Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether changes to the number of years of residence in the UK that are required before applying for permanent settlement under European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) visa regulations, introduced on 15 June, will apply to ECAA visa holders already in the UK.

The Home Office has announced new Immigration Rules to enable Turkish nationals who are in the UK as either European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA) business persons or ECAA workers, as well as their family members, to apply for indefinite leave to remain. All ECAA business persons, workers and their family members who meet the relevant conditions will be eligible, including those who are already in the UK.