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Visas: Health Professions

Asked by Mike MartinLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 11 June 2025UIN 58122

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 56005 on Visas: Health Professions, what provisions are in place to appeal visa applications for dependents of skilled health workers that were rejected due to issues with birth certificates issued by the country of origin.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Individuals in those circumstances are entitled to apply for an administrative review of the decision. If they wish to challenge the outcome of that review, they can apply for judicial review.

There is no right to an appeal or an administrative review of a decision to reject an invalid application. Such decisions are subject to judicial review.

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