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Official UK Home Office FOI data 20.2 decisions/daycalibrated ยท Jun 2026
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Dependant ratio & scenario decision rates โŒ„
Dependants per main applicant
1 :
2.20 average family size ยท 45% are main applicants
Actual data: 2025 โ‰ˆ 1.23 ยท 2024 โ‰ˆ 1.16 ยท 2023 โ‰ˆ 0.93
Decision rate scenarios
Clearance timeline
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Each row is one cohort. Each bar is one scenario, processed in arrival order (first in, first out). Bar start = previous cohort fully cleared. Bar end = last decision in cohort. Tap or hover a bar for exact dates.
Clearance schedule โ€” last decision date
Date shown = when the last case from that cohort is decided. Cases clear progressively โ€” earlier applicants in a cohort are decided before that date.
Monthly cohort sizes in the queue
Month ILR LTR Total Estimated dependants Estimated main applicants
ILR: Annex B undecided per month. March 2026 = Work in Progress (5,612) โˆ’ Annex B (4,466) = 1,146.   LTR: VSI_01a quarterly รท 3; Sep 2025 โˆ’11% for pre-freeze decisions.   Sep 2025 = remaining after 13/22 working days cleared by June 24.   Aprโ€“May estimated from Q1 2026 pace.  Main applicants = Total รท (1 + dependant ratio).
Methodology & data sources
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Queue position June 24: Crowdsourced data (200+ rows, Jun 13โ€“24 2026) shows Sep 15โ€“17, 2025 applications being decided. 13/22 Sep working days cleared โ†’ 344 decisions รท 17 working days = 20.2 decisions/day calibrated rate.

ILR data: Annex B (FOI, 28 Feb 2026) โ€” undecided applications per month. March 2026 = Work in Progress (5,612) โˆ’ Annex B undecided (4,466) = 1,146 total.

LTR data: VSI_01a quarterly received รท 3 monthly. Sep 2025 adjusted for ~11% pre-freeze decisions. Q3 2025 = 2,210 ยท Q4 = 1,109 ยท Q1 2026 = 560.

Growth model: D_month = D_start ร— (1+g%)^m. m=0 = Jun 24 (4 working days remaining). m=1 = July 2026. 21 working days/month. Days per working day (DPWD) = 365รท252 = 1.448.

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