Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192823 on Visas: Afghanistan, what her planned timescale is for concluding the review of processes to streamline decision-making for family reunion visa applications; and if she will make a statement.

For Afghan refugees already in the UK, we have rules in place for their close family members to apply to join them in the UK.

As previously said, we are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications. We are reviewing processes to streamline decision making.