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Visas: Ghana

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 11 April 2025UIN 43606

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of visa processing times for Ghanaian nationals applying to visit or study in the UK.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Home Office publishes data on its performance against its service level agreement for visas, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

We are currently operating within published service standards for both tourism and study routes and continue to prioritise urgent compelling or compassionate cases across all workstreams. Where applications are complex and we require further information or checks, decisions may take longer.

UKVI encourages all customers to apply in good time ahead of intended travel dates.

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