PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Visas: China (13 December 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5400 on Visas: China, what the average waiting time for an appointment at a UK Visa Application Centre in China was in each of the last 12 months.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The global service level is for UK visa appointments to be available within five working days. The average Visa Application Centre (VAC) appointment wait times for China for the last 12 months were:

Month	Average Wait time for China (in days)
Dec-22	3
Jan-23	3
Feb-23	3
Mar-23	3
Apr-23	3
May-23	3
Jun-23	4
Jul-23	4
Aug-23	4
Sep-23	3
Oct-23	3
Nov-23	3

Answered by:
Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
20 December 2023