Visas: Applications
(asked on 19th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reduce the service standard for visas from 24 weeks back to 12 weeks.
This question was answered on 28th October 2022
The Home Office has been prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As such earlier this year the service standard was changed from 60-days to 120-days as a direct result.
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.