Question follow-through · 16301
Visas: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to process visas for the parents of people living in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to process visas for the parents of people living in the UK.
3 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Home Office keeps visa processing times under review, including on the routes available to parents. Different routes, and individual circumstances, involve varying levels of complexity but the Home Office is committed to improving process efficiency w...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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