This post talks about the UK visa processing times and the Home Office standards for waiting time, current visa processing times, ways to get faster decision on your visa application, and what factors cause delay in your processing times as a UK skilled worker visa applicant.
If your UK visa application comprises all necessary details and supporting documents, and the Home Office does not ask you to provide any further information/explanation/documentation, then the followingwaitingtimesshouldapply.
You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks once you attend the appointment at the visa application centre. How quickly your file gets processed also depends on the country you apply from.
You should get your decision within three weeks of attending the visa interview.
Applicants under the UK scale-up visa process usually get their applications processed within 8 weeks of their application date.
The UK Home Office will notify you, if:
• They need to review your supporting documents
• You need to attend an interview
• Find contradicting personal circumstances, for example, a criminal record
Please note that the processing times for applications submitted through the priority service or super-priority service is five working days.
