Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the visa application process for people from El Salvador.

The Home Office contracts two commercial partners, VFS and TLS Contact, to operate its global network of Visa Application Centres (VACs) who provide application centres in over 230 locations across 138 countries.

There is a biometric enrolment location in San Salvador, run by our commercial partner VFS, which normally operates two to four times per month, in line with seasonal demand, at which customers can submit their UK visa application. This provision is sufficient to meet demand levels. VFS monitor capacity and provide additional dates as necessary, to ensure appointment capacity is in line with customer demand. Customers are able to purchase a service in advance of their appointment which allows them to keep their passport with them whilst their visa application is being processed, if they require it for other purposes.