Question follow-through · 26297
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been given to introducing a limit on the length of time a visa application may remain under consideration.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been given to introducing a limit on the length of time a visa application may remain under consideration.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
The majority of visa applications are decided within published processing times. Further information on the visa processing times: applications inside and outside the UK is available at Visa processing times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK and Visa ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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