I have been reading about the current long processing times for settlement visas, which must be really frustrating, I just wondered what is the current processing times for tourist visas, is there a knock on effect?

Saying at which Embassy might be a helpful bit of information.

TH

Sorry, the UK visa section.

You know - the one with all the recent stories about the long processing times for settlement visas

Below are the UK tourist/visit visa waiting times for April. We were one of the unlucky 7% on a general visit and waited 6 weeks .Thats actually under 30 working days as weekends and holidays are not included in these stats. The good news is we were successful so no news was good news in our case.

Good luck!

Visits Visas 2 days 3 days 5 days 10 days 15 days 30 days 60 days Decisions Made in Month

Premium Visit (more than 6 months) 7% 27% 51% 87% 96% 100% 100% 136

General Visit (6 months or less) 7% 16% 39% 81% 93% 100% 100% 1583

Business Visit (6 months or less) 14% 28% 45% 86% 96% 100% 100% 333

Family Visit (6 months or less) 8% 20% 40% 81% 89% 100% 100% 349

Transit (6 months or less) 0% 0% 45% 64% 73% 100% 100% 11

Other Visit (6 months or less) 7% 15% 39% 80% 96% 100% 100% 395