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<p>All Visa and asylum claims are considered on a case-by-case basis and in line with
published policy.</p><p>In respect of overseas visa applications, UK Visas and Immigration
operate within both global customer service standards and global decision quality
practices for all of its customers who make an entry clearance application from overseas.
Details of current performance against these customer service standards:</p><p><strong>Latest
processing times</strong>: Global average processing times for applications made outside
the UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk"
target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong>Latest processing times</strong>: Global average processing
times for applications made inside the UK</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk"
target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Asylum
Claims by Iranian nationals will be considered in the same way as claims from any
other nationality.</p><p>We are taking immediate action to rapidly speed up processing
times and eliminate the backlog of people waiting for initial asylum decisions by
the end of 2023.</p><p>To further accelerate decision making we will drive productivity
improvements by simplifying and modernising our system. This includes measures like
shorter, more focussed interviews; removing unnecessary interviews; making guidance
simpler and more accessible; dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified
as manifestly unfounded; recruiting extra decision makers; and allocating dedicated
resources for different nationalities</p>
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