Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 220354, how many study visas were granted for each of the top 10 nationalities in each year since 2009.
The information requested is given in the table below:
Top 10 nationalities granted study entry clearance visas in each of the years 2009-2013 (including dependants) | ||||||||
Top 10 nationalities in 2013 | Study visas granted | |||||||
China | 62,532 | |||||||
United States | 14,297 | |||||||
India | 13,603 | |||||||
Nigeria | 12,010 | |||||||
Malaysia | 9,994 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 9,653 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 9,361 | |||||||
Pakistan | 4,932 | |||||||
Thailand | 4,924 | |||||||
Russia | 4,622 | |||||||
Other | 72,697 | |||||||
Total | 218,625 | |||||||
Top 10 nationalities in 2012 | Study visas granted | |||||||
China | 57,336 | |||||||
India | 17,271 | |||||||
United States | 13,674 | |||||||
Nigeria | 11,122 | |||||||
Pakistan | 10,984 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 9,943 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 8,845 | |||||||
Malaysia | 8,033 | |||||||
Thailand | 4,502 | |||||||
Russia | 4,206 | |||||||
Other | 63,833 | |||||||
Total | 209,749 | |||||||
Top 10 nationalities in 2011 | Study visas granted | |||||||
China | 52,488 | |||||||
Pakistan | 35,659 | |||||||
India | 34,877 | |||||||
United States | 14,480 | |||||||
Nigeria | 12,103 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 10,085 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 7,576 | |||||||
Malaysia | 7,420 | |||||||
Bangladesh | 6,450 | |||||||
Korea (South) | 5,374 | |||||||
Other | 75,358 | |||||||
Total | 261,870 | |||||||
Top 10 nationalities in 2010 | Study visas granted | |||||||
India | 49,406 | |||||||
China | 44,724 | |||||||
Pakistan | 26,490 | |||||||
United States | 14,985 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 14,560 | |||||||
Nigeria | 12,256 | |||||||
Bangladesh | 10,140 | |||||||
Sri Lanka | 9,454 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 7,225 | |||||||
Korea (South) | 7,036 | |||||||
Other | 89,268 | |||||||
Total | 285,544 | |||||||
Top 10 nationalities in 2009 | Study visas granted | |||||||
India | 64,223 | |||||||
China | 37,820 | |||||||
Bangladesh | 18,164 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 17,862 | |||||||
United States | 15,291 | |||||||
Pakistan | 13,747 | |||||||
Nepal | 12,386 | |||||||
Nigeria | 12,237 | |||||||
Philippines | 8,180 | |||||||
Malaysia | 7,041 | |||||||
Other | 96,410 | |||||||
Total | 303,361 | |||||||
Source: Immigration Statistics, July - September 2014, table vi_06_q_s, Visas Volume 3. | ||||||||
Table notes: | ||||||||
1) The figures refer to entry clearance visas applied for outside the UK. | ||||||||
2) Student visitor visas are not included. Student visitors may come to the UK for up to 6 months (or 11 months for an English language course) and cannot extend their stay. | ||||||||
3) Dependants are included. | ||||||||
The latest Home Office immigration statistics are published in the Immigration
Statistics July – September 2014 (Entry clearance visas granted outside the UK
tables, volume 3, table vi_06_q_s), which is available from the Library of the
House and on the Department’s website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
It is planned to publish information for 2014 on 26 February.