Reference · Service times
UK immigration appeal clearance times in April to June 2026
First-tier immigration and asylum appeals closed in a mean of 65 weeks. The Ministry of Justice reported 72 weeks for asylum and protection and 74 for human rights.
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Three appeal categories and the chamber-wide mean. The table gives last year’s chamber-wide comparator.
The chamber-wide mean rose 13 weeks
The Ministry of Justice reported a mean of 65 weeks in April to June 2026. It said this was 13 weeks more than the same quarter of 2025, implying 52 weeks in the earlier period. The statistic covers appeals cleared by the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Source 1
The appeal category made a difference
The bulletin gave 74 weeks for human rights, 72 weeks for asylum and protection and 48 weeks for EEA free movement. The difference between the highest and lowest of those reported categories was 26 weeks. The chamber-wide result includes appeal categories beyond those examples. Source 1
A disposal can occur without a decision on the merits
The bulletin says 45% of the chamber’s disposals were determined at a hearing or on the papers, and 29% were withdrawn. Other outcomes included cases struck out for non-payment of a fee and appeals recorded as invalid or out of time. Clearance therefore covers more outcomes than a judicial determination. Source 1
Case volumes give the timing figures context
The bulletin reported around 22,000 receipts and 17,000 disposals in the quarter, with around 156,000 cases open. These are counts of case activity and outstanding cases. The chart describes how long completed cases took on average and does not estimate remaining time for the open cases. Source 1