Question follow-through · 125938

Visas: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is being taken to accelerate the Priority Service for employers and employees using the Certificate of Sponsorship Scheme.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
15 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is being taken to accelerate the Priority Service for employers and employees using the Certificate of Sponsorship Scheme.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Priority Service decisions are typically made within five working days once payment is received, significantly faster than our current service level agreement for standard applications.This expedites requests for additional undefined certificate of sponso...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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