Domestic workers in private households
How long will it take you to process my application?
This page provides details of the time it will take us to process your application for permission to stay or settle in the UK if you are currently in the UK as a domestic worker in a private household and applied on or before 5 April 2012 for your visa to come to the UK under that category.
We have set out service standards for processing times. These standards provide us with targets that relate to the number of applications we process within certain timescales.
The service standards vary depending on the type of application you are making. The service standards for each application type are shown below.
Extension of stay in the UK (form FLR(O))
For postal applications, our service standard is that we will decide 75 per cent of applications within 4 weeks.
For applications made in person, our service standard is that we will decide 90 per cent of applications on the same day.
Settlement in the UK (form SET(O))
For postal applications, our service standard is that we will decide 95 per cent of applications within six months.
For applications made in person, our service standard is that we will decide 90 per cent of applications on the same day.