Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for an administrative review of a visa decision between July 2024 and March 2025.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Current timescales for processing administrative review applications are set out at Ask for a visa administrative review: If you're in the UK - GOV.UK, which states: “Currently, it can take 12 months or more to receive the result of the administrative review. If you do not get a decision on your application within 6 months, the Home Office will contact you with an update.”

For EUSS administrative review applications the current timescales are set out at: EU Settlement Scheme: administrative review - GOV.UK, which states: “We will continue to consider valid applications for an administrative review made before 4 April 2024. We have experienced unprecedented levels of applications which are causing a delay to our service. It can take 30 months or more to receive a result. If we have not made a decision within 6 months, we’ll contact you to update you on the situation”.