Question follow-through · 91159

Visas: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest processing times for a decision on an in-country parent visa application.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 14 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 18 Nov 2025
Answer: 24 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest processing times for a decision on an in-country parent visa application.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Home Office does not publish this specific information, but the current expected processing times for in-country parent visa applications can be found at: Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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