§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the waiting time for initial interview in Pakistan of applicants seeking settlement here as spouses. [17767]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe waiting time to first interview for spouses applying for entry clearance for settlement in Islamabad was three months at the end of December 1994. Information is not centrally available on waiting times in Karachi but all applicants are expected to receive a first interview within three weeks.
§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the waiting time for initial interview in India of applicants seeking settlement here as spouses. [17766]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe waiting time to first interview for spouses in Bombay and New Delhi applying for entry clearance for settlement was three months at the end of December 1994. In Madras, all applicants seeking settlement are placed in the same queue with a waiting time to first interview of three quarters of a month at the end of December 1994. There is no queuing system in operation in Calcutta.