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date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure travel permission permits for Ukraine citizens are issued prior to the issuing of visas.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The process for issuing visas and permission to travel letters is different and distinct.</p><p> </p><p>A visa is issued after the applicant has applied online and gone to their local visa application centre to submit their biometrics.</p><p> </p><p>Permission to travel letters are issued for applicants who have a valid Ukrainian passport who can apply online to come to the UK from wherever they are and they then give their biometrics once in Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Both visas and permissions to travel letter cannot be issued until after a decision has been made on a customer's application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:35:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1462494

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date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure applications for Ukrainian citizens under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are grouped effectively to allow family members to enter the UK together.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Where we have applications from family groups we would look to group these decisions together so families receive decisions wherever possible at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 15:22:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1462495

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for telephone calls made from 1 May 2022 to the dedicated advice line for hon. Members for UK Visas & Immigration.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>We recognise that during peak periods waiting times can be considerably longer than that. This is due to an increase in call demand since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis.</p><p>As a result of the increased demand the Department has more than doubled the number of staff operating the helpline. MPs can also contact the Home Office via the MPs Urgent Enquiries inbox or in person at the Portcullis House walk-in hub.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:37:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones