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Written Question
Visas
Monday 10th February 2025

Asked by: Lauren Sullivan (Labour - Gravesham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of visa applications.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Visa processing times are published on the UKVI website at Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). UKVI are currently processing applications on the overwhelming majority of its visa routes within their published customer service standards.