Visas: Turkey

(asked on 15th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the processing times for Turkish Businessperson visa extension applications.


Answered by
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
This question was answered on 3rd January 2023

The latest data on ECAA matters is routinely published as part of UKVI Transparency data.

The most recent published data for outstanding ECCA applications can be found here: Visas and Citizenship data: Q3 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Under Visas and Citizenship Data, Tab VSI_03 includes the number of straightforward applications and non-straightforward applications which remained outstanding at the end of the last reported period.

The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Scheme applications in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, which has impacted on the delivery of some of our service standards.

Full resource has now been restored to the team.

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