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1109200

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the average salary of a person who has been granted a Tier 5 Exceptional Talent visa.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	239922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route is designed for internationally recognised leaders and promising future leaders in the digital technology, science and research, arts, humanities and culture sectors. There is no minimum salary requirement for applying for a visa on this route and the Home Office does not collect salary data.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/04/2019 12:15:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

833802

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Visas.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	125560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors. On 11 January we doubled the number of places available to applicants from 1000, to 2000, and are confident that this is sufficient to meet demand at this time. We will continue to monitor take up of the route.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:33:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1024038

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he (a) planned to suspend the granting of Tier 1 Investor visas, (b) cancelled that suspension and (c) did not announce those decisions in written or oral statements to the House; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	201735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Investor) visa is not currently suspended. The Home Office remains committed to reforming the route and will make a further announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/12/2018 17:23:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

769733

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward Tier 1 visa applications in each quarter of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	107409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The published information on processing times for visa applications is published as part of the Migration Transparency data, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 12:24:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

769742

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for non-straightforward settlement visa applications in each quarter of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	107410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The published information on processing times for visa applications is published as part of the Migration Transparency data, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 12:26:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

767598

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people waited (a) less than a week, (b) less than two weeks, (c) less than three months, (d) less than six months and (e) more than six months to have their documents and visa returned after a successful visa application in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	106757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:45:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

767600

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has targets or standards for processing times for non-straightforward visa applications.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	106759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Where it is likely to be necessary to make further enquiries where UKVI has no control over the time it may take, such as enquiries to external organisations or waiting for the applicant to submit additional information, or where the necessary enquiries will take longer than the published service standard UKVI will defer an application as ‘complex'. Where an application has been classified as complex and cannot be concluded within published services standards, we will write to the customer to inform them that it will not be decided within the service standard.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 15:46:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

767601

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for a non-straightforward immigration application for each type of visa.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	106760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Visa applications are considered to be complex where additional information is required and the timeline for producing this is outside of the control of the department.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/10/2017 16:15:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

964598

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants have had a visa issued on a re-application following initial refusal since the removal of automatic right to appeal for refused family visit visas in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	169527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate this information for publication.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/09/2018 18:36:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

475767

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory reconsideration for visa applications where a significant change in circumstances occur following an application decision.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	31183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Every application is decided in accordance with the Immigration Rules based on the information provided by an applicant at the time of application. If the applicant’s circumstances change, a fresh application can be made at any stage but this must be treated as a new application as it will contain new information not previously considered.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/03/2016 12:45:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss