Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
Home Department
Andrew Smith (Oxford East, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time was for processing an application to extend a Tier 4 visa in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative)
The UK Border Agency records this information but it is not held in a format compatible with National Statistics protocols.
However, published statistics are available on the percentage of migration applications decided within service standards. This publication is available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science, Research and Statistics website at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/percentage-of-migration/