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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-01-22more like thismore than 2021-01-22
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Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 remove filter
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Immigration: Health Insurance more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether citizenship applications where the applicant has gaps in Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) due to maternity leave or childcare responsibilities have been successful in instances where the gaps in CSI mean the applicant has not fulfilled the CSI requirement. more like this
tabling member constituency Stockport remove filter
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Navendu Mishra more like this
uin 142080 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-02-01more like thismore than 2021-02-01
answer text <p>No woman who had gaps in comprehensive sickness insurance as a result of maternity leave or childcare responsibilities has had their application for citizenship refused on such a basis.</p><p>Regulations set out the requirements which EEA nationals needed to follow if they wished to reside here lawfully on the basis of free movement. In the case of students or the self-sufficient – but not those who were working here – the possession of comprehensive sickness insurance has always been a requirement.</p><p>The British Nationality Act allows us to exercise discretion over this requirement in the special circumstances of any particular case. UKVI will consider cases sensitively, taking into account the nature and reasons for any period of unlawful residence alongside other information relevant to the individual.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Torbay more like this
answering member printed Kevin Foster more like this
grouped question UIN 142079 more like this
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4451
label Biography information for Kevin Foster more like this
tabling member
4811
label Biography information for Navendu Mishra more like this