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Written question asked by Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 29 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 February 2010. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Monday, 22 February 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.


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Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time was to (a) process a visa application and (b) despatch an approved passport following approval of a visa in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer

[holding answer 5 February 2010]: The global average processing time for all visa applications in calendar year 2009 was 13.6 working days. We are unable to provide an average time for despatching a passport to an applicant following a decision to issue a visa. This information is not available from our central records.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c352W; 315360
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Applications Passports Visas
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk