Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for Further Leave to Remain (Family and Private Life) applications in the latest period for which data is available.

The average processing times for Further Leave to Remain (Family and Private Life) applications are listed on the GOV.UK website at

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk

Customers applying for leave to remain as a spouse or partner (on the 5-year route to settlement), or as a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner, will usually receive a decision on their application within 8 weeks.

There are no standard processing times for customers applying for leave to remain as a partner, parent or on the basis of private life (10-year routes to settlement or 5-year parent route to settlement). The average wait time for a decision is currently 11 months although there may be circumstances which result in some applications taking longer.

Current published data regarding all application routes can be found on the GOV.UK website at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q2-2022

and at

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets