Visas: South Asia

(asked on 15th July 2014) - View Source
Questioner
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Mike Wood
(Labour - Batley and Spen)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for a decision on a visa application in each category in (a) Mumbai and (b) Islamabad in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 11th September 2014

The table aside sets out the average time taken in days for decisions to be made on visa applications considered in Mumbai and Islamabad between 1st January and 31st March 2014, by category of application.

Endorsement category

Post | Days

ISLAMABAD

MUMBAI

EEA Family Permits

12.5

10.8

Family Visit

30.2

5.4

Other Non Settlement

16.7

5

Other Visitor

8.2

4.8

PBS Tier 1

12.7

10.7

PBS Tier 2

13.9

4.4

PBS Tier 4

14.2

10.4

PBS Tier 5

9.1

18.5

Settlement

73

29.9

Transit

14

3.2

Average decision times for visas processed in Mumbai and Islamabad (1st January and 31st March 2014). A decision is where the application has been issued, refused, lapsed or withdrawn

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