Question follow-through · 14003
Visas: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of long term visa applications subject to a minimum service standard were decided within the relevant service standard by visa category since 1 January 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of long term visa applications subject to a minimum service standard were decided within the relevant service standard by visa category since 1 January 2025.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
Visa processing times are published on the UKVI website at Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). UKVI are currently processing appl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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