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Visas: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for student visa applications in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing times for such applica

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for student visa applications in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing times for such applica

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Our published transparency statistics can be found here and include data on service standards. The current publication covers to Q3 2024.Visas, status and immigration data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UKWe continue to operate within our service standard of 15 days for ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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