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Visas: Married People

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 March 2025UIN 34443

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of spousal visas granted to people who were (a) first and (b) second cousins to their spouse in 2024.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 20 December 2024 in response to Question UIN 19992.

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