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1647822

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration entitled An inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas, September 2021 to February 2022, published on 18 October 2022, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who fall into irregular status due to the absence of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	190996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of people who fall into irregular status due to the absence of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:22:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1628654

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered the UK on family visas in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	185481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The number of people entering the UK on family visas does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p>The transparency data and migration statistics do, however, include a range of processing data relating to family visas and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics" target="_blank">Migration statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data on family visas from 1997 to 2011 is not published. Data on family visas is published from 2012 onwards and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics#data-tables" target="_blank">Migration statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/05/2023 08:40:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1628655

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who entered the UK on family visas were removed for overstaying their visas in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	185482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures are not available in a reportable format and providing this information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 185480 185743 185744 185753 185754 question first answered 26/05/2023 10:36:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1627832

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the support available to families moving to the UK on a student visa.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	185087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Providing support to families moving to the UK on a student visa is not within the remit of the Home Office. It is a requirement of the Student route that applicants demonstrate their ability to support themselves and their dependants financially during their stay in the UK as set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/appendix-student" target="_blank">Immigration Rules: Appendix Student</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/05/2023 16:28:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1626226

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
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 plans to review the minimum income requirement threshold for Family visas.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	184207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>We keep all our immigration routes under review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/05/2023 16:07:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1586822

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on the processing time for applications of the decision to extend the standard processing time for family visa applications made outside the UK from 12 to 24 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	147060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>The bulk of resource has now returned to the route, along with an additional investment of new staff.</p><p>We are keeping the service standard level under review.</p><p> </p><p>Information on family visa processing times for applications made outside of the UK can be found here: Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Information on family visa processing times for applications made inside of the UK can be found here: Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 147064 question first answered 23/02/2023 13:02:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1586823

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits reinstating the (a) priority and (b) super priority services for family visa applications
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	147061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>From mid-March 2022, UKVI temporarily suspended Priority visa services for new family overseas visa applications, in order to temporarily deploy resource to process applications made in response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>On 09 January 2023, UKVI re-introduced Priority visa services for customers with an outstanding family overseas visa application.</p><p>On 20 February 2023 UKVI re-introduced Priority visa services for customers with a new overseas family visa application.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Super Priority Visa service is not available for overseas Family visa applications. It was not available prior to the suspension of Priority Visa services.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 147062 question first answered 23/02/2023 13:01:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1586827

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to return the processing time for family visa applications made outside the UK from 24 to 12 weeks
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	147064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office had been prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>The bulk of resource has now returned to the route, along with an additional investment of new staff.</p><p>We are keeping the service standard level under review.</p><p> </p><p>Information on family visa processing times for applications made outside of the UK can be found here: Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Information on family visa processing times for applications made inside of the UK can be found here: Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 147060 question first answered 23/02/2023 13:02:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1580619

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mean average UKVI Family Visa application processing time is.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	132420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>An applicant applying for a family visa at entry clearance should get a decision within 24 weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk#join-family-in-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>An applicant applying in the UK to extend a family visa (spouse or partner on a 5-year route to settlement) should get a decision within 8 weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#switch-to-or-extend-a-family-visa" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>An applicant applying in the UK for settlement should get a decision within 6 months.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#applying-for-settlement" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Mean average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for Spouse/Partner applications and are not published.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2023 12:47:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1564610

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
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 taken recent steps to ensure that family groups are not prevented from entering the UK because one or more family members has not yet been issued with a visa.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	117609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration Decision Making Centres process overseas applications for entry clearance in date order from when documents were uploaded, or after customers have provided their biometrics at a visa application centre. Where UK Visa and Immigration Decision Making Centres receive applications from family groups at the same time and the customer includes details of this on their form, UKVI would look to group decisions together so families receive decisions wherever possible at the same time.</p><p>We encourage customers to continue to refer to these updates as our processing times change on a regular basis. The link to this guidance for in country applications is: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKelly.Humphries%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C74a59619230540b4914508daac4514bd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638011709934849952%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AxwVcWefBq2iClW%2FyRP9G1oQPdkacB0NpwdAfayHQTQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and out of country applications is: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKelly.Humphries%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C74a59619230540b4914508daac4514bd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638011709934849952%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nnr%2FIcP%2Bq1T4JTrA4A71n%2Be6qcRJQmcJal4FqlzvJsI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/01/2023 17:58:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck