Written Question·Home Office·UIN 81098
British Nationality: Applications
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Cameron Thomas
Independent — Tewkesbury
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the time it will take UK Visas and Immigration to process its backlog of citizenship applications for people with indefinite leave to remain.
Answer
Mike TappThe service standard for the processing of a straightforward application for British citizenship is six months.The most recent migration transparency data confirms that 99.36% of straightforward applications for citizenship are processed within published ...
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