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Visas: Personal Records

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 22 October 2025UIN 79864

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visa holders her Department holds a UK residential address for.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

People applying for UK visas may provide a UK residential address on their application but large proportions of visa holders coming to the UK on a short-term basis such as a visitor will not be resident in the UK.

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