Home Department written question – answered at on 12 June 2014.
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.
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 |
April 2013 | 131 |
May 2013 | 148 |
June 2013 | 142 |
July 2013 | 129 |
August 2013 | 134 |
September 2013 | 126 |
October 2013 | 96 |
November 2013 | 108 |
December 2013 | 114 |
January 2014 | 141 |
February 2014 | 97 |
March 2014 | 81 |
Overall Average/Total Cases | 125 |
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