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UK Visa Processing Times and Home Office Delay
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Home Office decision making is sometimes delayed and many have experienced delay during the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Delays in UK visa and immigration decision making may cause significant prejudice, for example, not...

 being able to commence a course of study, not being able to work or travel when there is a family emergency and may impact on an individual’s health and mental well being.  For a long time there have...

More Delay: Upper Tribunal considers delay in Home Office decision-making
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In two earlier blog posts  we examined how quickly an individual can expect an application to be decided, current visa processing times and the approach to delay.   Further Legal Developments The Upper Tribunal...

 recently dealt with an asylum case  involving delay. R (on the application of TM (A Minor) by his litigation friend, The Official Solicitor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Minor – asylum...

Data shows Home Office immigration delays nearly double
By Richmond Chambers -

The amount of people that are having to wait longer than the target time set by the Home Office for UK immigration claims to be processed has risen considerably despite a dip in the overall amount of cases. The...

 government has faced accusations of leaving thousands of applicants in a state of limbo and without their passports, with home office data showing that people waiting over six months to resolve their...

Delay in Immigration Tribunal Decision-Making
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Delay is a common concept in the context of decision making by UK Visas & Immigration.  In SS (Sri Lanka) [2018] EWCA Civ 139, the Court of Appeal recently considered delay in the promulgation of judgments/determinations...

 in the Immigration Tribunal. Lord Justice Leggatt summarised the question raised in the appeal as follows: “The question raised on this appeal is whether, in cases heard by the...

Court of Appeal considers delay in Home Office decision-making
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In an earlier blog post we examined how quickly an individual can expect an application to be decided and current visa processing times.   Home Office Service Standards The Home Office still has in place...

 customer service standards for processing visa applications submitted after 1 January 2014. The standards have largely remained the same, as follows: Straight forward applications from outside the...

UK Visa Processing Times - How Quickly Will You Receive A Decision?
By Richmond Chambers -

This article was written in 2015.  For the latest information on UK visa processing times, please read: UK Visa Processing & Decision Waiting Times What Are the Current Home Office UK Visa Processing Times? Once...

 you have submitted a visa application to the Home Office, it is helpful to know when to expect a decision, and what you may be able to do if no decision is received within a reasonable time.  In this...

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