Immigration: Applications
(asked on 22nd February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for an application for leave to remain.
This question was answered on 1st March 2016
The average waiting time for a postal leave to remain application during the period of 05 October 2014 to 27 February 2015 was 82 calendar days. These dates have been selected to sit alongside published data and are based on operational performance reporting. The average is based on the average waiting times between the date a postal application is submitted and the length of time taken to despatch the decision to the applicant for all leave to remain routes.