§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the current queues of applicants for entry clearance in each category for the latest available month and the numbers in each queue at the posts at(a) Bombay, (b) Karachi, (c) New Delhi, (d) Dhaka, (e) Nairobi, (f) Calcutta, (g) Islamabad and (h) Dar es Salaam.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAs at 31 December 1990, the estimated waiting times, in months, for persons applying for entry clearance were:174W
Settlement Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Bombay 0 5 9 10 Karachi 1 3 3 6 New Delhi 1 3 6 10 Dhaka 3 4 4 9 Nairobi1 — — — — Calcutta2 — — — — Islamabad 3 5 8 15 Dar es Salaam3 — — — — 1 One day for all settlement applicants. 2 No settlement queues. 3 Less than one week's delay for all settlement applicants. The number of applicants waiting in the queues for first interview, as at 31 December 1990, were:
Settlement Ql Q2 Q3 Q4 Bombay 0 130 372 119 Karachi 13 86 25 1 New Delhi 5 261 281 120 Dhaka 425 816 132 619 Nairobi1 — — — — Calcutta1 — — — — Islamabad 96 2,312 468 393 Dar es Salaam1 — — — — 1 No settlement queues. Settlement queues are organised as follows:
- Q1—Persons with a claim to the right of abode, dependent relatives over 70 years old, special compassionate cases.
- Q2—Spouses, and children under 18 yeas old.
- Q3—Fiance(e)s and others applying for the first time for settlement.
- Q4—Re-applicants.
Applicants for visit visas in Islamabad requiring a full interview can expect to wait five days. Elsewhere they are dealt with on the day of application.