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<p>Since January 2022 we have received approximately 3,000 ARAP applications per month.
Given many of these are speculative or duplicates, we cannot provide precise data
as to processed or waiting to be processed numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Application processing
times can vary given the complexities of individual circumstances such as, but not
limited to, their ability to respond to requests for information, their location,
access to IT or employment checks.</p><p> </p><p>However, the speed of decision making
in HM Government does not solely determine the speed of evacuation. Many ARAP applicants
are undocumented and cannot leave Afghanistan through any official route. We are bringing
them out at the speed our partners in the region will allow.</p><p> </p><p>To date,
we have relocated over 9,600 eligible individuals and their dependents and we estimate
that there are 8,000 (inclusive of their dependents) ARAP eligible individuals still
to be relocated to the UK. This figure is subject to change as we continue to work
through the outstanding applications.</p><p> </p>
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