An inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas (September 2021 – February 2022)

The Home Office response to the recommendations:

3. Review and update the existing Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) for Appendix FM to understand the impact on applicants and their dependents who:

4. Ensure all notifications to vary leave and refusal decision letters include reasons for, and implications of, the refusal of ILR. These should be explained in plain, jargon-free English, including: