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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-07more like thismore than 2019-01-07
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Overseas Visitors: Visas more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is normal practice to request biometric procedures to be conducted before final approval for permission to enter the UK on a visitor's visa; and if so, whether they plan to consider approving such applications before an appointment to collect biometric data is made. more like this
tabling member printed
Viscount Waverley more like this
uin HL12634 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-01-21more like thismore than 2019-01-21
answer text <p>The Government uses biographic and biometric information to conduct iden-tity and suitability checks on visa applicants before deciding whether to issue an applicant with a visa. If we did not complete these checks before approv-ing a visa application, we risk granting entry clearance to individuals who have an adverse immigration history and exposing the UK to harm from criminals who seek to come to the UK.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-01-21T17:17:25.503Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-21T17:17:25.503Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Viscount Waverley more like this