Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on the processing time for applications of the decision to extend the standard processing time for family visa applications made outside the UK from 12 to 24 weeks.

The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The bulk of resource has now returned to the route, along with an additional investment of new staff.

We are keeping the service standard level under review.

Information on family visa processing times for applications made outside of the UK can be found here: Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Information on family visa processing times for applications made inside of the UK can be found here: Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)