David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the change in waiting times for an initial decision for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa applications in the last year; what the average waiting time is for an initial decision for a Tier 1 application; and what assessment she has made of the economic effect of the time taken for such decisions on economic growth.
James Brokenshire
The average waiting time for a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) customer in the financial
year 2013-14 was 125 calendar days. The number of days taken to process
applications dropped by 50 days over the course of the financial year and
processing times continue to decrease.
A record number of applications were decided in the financial year 2013-14, and
there is nothing to suggest that processing times are deterring entrepreneurs
from applying.
Month Despatched |
Average Calendar Days Between Application Raised Date and Despatch Date |
Apr-13 |
131 |
May-13 |
148 |
Jun-13 |
142 |
Jul-13 |
129 |
Aug-13 |
134 |
Sep-13 |
126 |
Oct-13 |
96 |
Nov-13 |
108 |
Dec-13 |
114 |
Jan-14 |
141 |
Feb-14 |
97 |
Mar-14 |
81 |
Overall Average / Total Cases |
125 |