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Question follow-through · 31809

Immigration and Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reducing waiting times of (a) Indefinite Leave to Remain applications and (b) visa applications for cases already over the time limit.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reducing waiting times of (a) Indefinite Leave to Remain applications and (b) visa applications for cases already over the time limit.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The overwhelming majority of applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain and visas are processed within service standard. Processing times are published on the UKVI website at Visa processing times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK and Visa processing...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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