Immigration: British National (Overseas)
2026-06-04 · Home Office · HL716 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what were the circumstances that led to 15,636 applications for indefinite leave to remain under the British National (Overseas) route being received in Q1 2026; and whether new resources were recruited in anticipation of t
Answer
The Home Office service standard completion rates are individual to each casework route. There is no correlation between completion rates for British National (Overseas) Leave to Remain applications and ECAA Leave to Remain applications.Each application i...