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Visas: Married People

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 107127

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average timeframe is for decisions on fee waiver applications for partner visas.

Answered by Mike Tapp

Fee Waiver data is published in tables FW_01 – FW_03 of the ‘Immigration and Protection dataset’ found here: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK,

However, the specific information requested is not currently available from the published statistics because fee waiver applications are not categorised by a specific route such as "partner", instead, fee waiver applications include everyone applying on Family and Private Life grounds. The requested data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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