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date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59602 on Refugees: Afghanistan, what provision his Department has made for undocumented people applying to join family who are recognised refugees in the UK and are unable to travel within Turkey to attend a visa application centre; if he will make it his policy to allow those people to apply online and provide biometric details on arrival in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	66936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>An individual must, in most circumstances, provide their biometrics, in the form of a facial image and fingerprints, when applying for a visa or a biometric immigration document before they come to the UK. This is to ensure we can confirm their identity and fix them to it, and to conduct background security checks to establish whether they pose a threat to public safety. Anyone who is unable to travel to a visa application centre to enrol their biometrics can contact UKVI to request we defer or waive the requirement for them to provide their biometric information. Officials will not normally defer or waive the requirement to provide biometric information, unless their circumstances are so compelling as to make them exceptional. We would ordinarily expect an applicant who is in a country with a visa application centre, such as Turkey, to be allowed to travel within that country to complete their application.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:17:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28443 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1524150

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59599 on Ethnic Groups: Afghanistan, if he will make it his policy to provide a pathway and a scheme for immediate and urgent resettlement for Hazara people who cannot access Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme Pathway Two because they have not been able to flee Afghanistan and who face (a) persecution and (b) sexual violence in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	66937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK welcomes vulnerable people in need of protection to the UK through our resettlement schemes. These schemes have provided safe and legal routes for tens of thousands of people to start new lives in the UK.</p><p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) prioritises those who have stood up for values such as democracy and women’s rights in Afghanistan, as well as vulnerable groups, including ethnic and religious minorities. There are currently no plans to establish a bespoke pathway or scheme specifically for the Hazara Muslims in Afghanistan. The capacity of the UK to resettle people is not unlimited and difficult decisions have to be made on who will be prioritised for resettlement.</p><p>We continue to work with likeminded partners and countries neighbouring Afghanistan on resettlement issues, and to support safe passage for eligible Afghans.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:23:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28444 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1524282

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt female Afghans who remain inside Afghanistan and who are family members of British nationals or persons settled in the UK from the English Language requirement of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules on the basis of (a) the Taliban prohibition on women studying in Afghanistan, (b) the dangers of women traveling to and from Afghanistan to alternative study centres and (c) the absence of a Home Office approved language testing centre in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	66940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes those seeking to enter and make a permanent home in the UK should be equipped to integrate successfully in UK society, with an appropriate level of English and an understanding of British life.</p><p>There are no current plans to suspend the requirement for female family members from Afghanistan to pass an English language test to enter the UK.</p><p>However, under the current Immigration Rules an applicant can already be exempted from the English language requirement to enter the UK if a decision maker considers there are exceptional circumstances preventing the applicant from meeting the requirement.</p><p>The applicant must demonstrate, as a result of these circumstances, they are unable to learn English before coming to the UK, or it is not practicable or reasonable for them to travel to another country to take an approved English language test.</p><p>Each application for an exemption on the basis of exceptional circumstances will be considered on its merits on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:12:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28449 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas