Visas
(asked on 8th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for visitor visas from each country were accepted in the most recent year for which records are available.
The information requested is given in the table below:
Entry clearance visa cases resolved in 2015 by nationality:visitor visas (including dependants). | ||||
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| Country of nationality | Resolved/Decisions | Granted | % Granted |
| All nationalities | 2,225,339 | 1,914,072 | 86% |
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| China | 421,302 | 397,764 | 94% |
| India | 411,576 | 367,243 | 89% |
| Nigeria | 131,540 | 88,367 | 67% |
| Russia | 114,383 | 109,717 | 96% |
| Saudi Arabia | 104,555 | 103,534 | 99% |
| Turkey | 96,824 | 89,665 | 93% |
| South Africa | 92,274 | 90,788 | 98% |
| Pakistan | 90,414 | 44,989 | 50% |
| Kuwait | 87,484 | 86,991 | 99% |
| Thailand | 61,790 | 58,000 | 94% |
| Egypt | 40,830 | 32,869 | 81% |
| Philippines | 40,315 | 35,867 | 89% |
| Ukraine | 34,659 | 27,671 | 80% |
| Indonesia | 33,253 | 31,911 | 96% |
| Ghana | 26,533 | 15,251 | 57% |
| Sri Lanka | 24,199 | 17,722 | 73% |
| Colombia | 23,413 | 22,636 | 97% |
| Bangladesh | 21,713 | 9,389 | 43% |
| Algeria | 21,290 | 14,851 | 70% |
| Lebanon | 17,750 | 14,930 | 84% |
| Kenya | 14,997 | 12,822 | 85% |
| Morocco | 14,827 | 13,115 | 88% |
| Jordan | 14,371 | 11,897 | 83% |
| Iran | 14,255 | 8,152 | 57% |
| Vietnam | 13,674 | 11,822 | 86% |
| Kazakhstan | 12,988 | 12,429 | 96% |
| Serbia | 11,896 | 10,858 | 91% |
| Bahrain | 10,955 | 10,778 | 98% |
| Zimbabwe | 9,884 | 6,287 | 64% |
| Venezuela | 9,873 | 8,823 | 89% |
| Iraq | 9,419 | 2,717 | 29% |
| Belarus | 9,101 | 8,577 | 94% |
| Qatar | 8,288 | 8,238 | 99% |
| Azerbaijan | 7,377 | 6,813 | 92% |
| Nepal | 7,292 | 5,235 | 72% |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,263 | 7,240 | 100% |
| Jamaica | 7,101 | 4,995 | 70% |
| Albania | 6,732 | 4,681 | 70% |
| Peru | 6,696 | 6,372 | 95% |
| Sudan | 6,183 | 2,414 | 39% |
| Uganda | 5,968 | 4,041 | 68% |
| Tunisia | 5,738 | 4,871 | 85% |
| Georgia | 5,362 | 4,169 | 78% |
| Refugee | 5,290 | 3,702 | 70% |
| Syria | 4,941 | 1,266 | 26% |
| Tanzania | 4,796 | 4,141 | 86% |
| Kosovo | 4,416 | 3,116 | 71% |
| Cameroon | 4,094 | 2,771 | 68% |
| Occupied Palestinian Territories | 3,835 | 2,224 | 58% |
| Angola | 3,665 | 2,697 | 74% |
| Zambia | 3,586 | 3,010 | 84% |
| Ecuador | 3,423 | 3,207 | 94% |
| Ethiopia | 3,142 | 2,238 | 71% |
| Macedonia | 3,134 | 2,739 | 87% |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 2,961 | 1,457 | 49% |
| Uzbekistan | 2,778 | 2,076 | 75% |
| Yemen | 2,711 | 689 | 25% |
| Libya | 2,627 | 1,121 | 43% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,550 | 2,156 | 85% |
| Gambia, The | 2,544 | 1,063 | 42% |
| Burma | 2,505 | 1,926 | 77% |
| Sierra Leone | 2,452 | 1,545 | 63% |
| Afghanistan | 2,393 | 981 | 41% |
| Armenia | 2,356 | 2,237 | 95% |
* | United States | 2,065 | 1,500 | 73% |
| Ivory Coast | 1,998 | 1,346 | 67% |
| Other and unknown | 1,986 | 1,387 | 70% |
| Cuba | 1,847 | 1,558 | 84% |
| Senegal | 1,665 | 1,016 | 61% |
| Mongolia | 1,664 | 1,407 | 85% |
| Dominican Republic | 1,655 | 1,524 | 92% |
| Malawi | 1,618 | 1,316 | 81% |
| Oman | 1,256 | 1,235 | 98% |
| Moldova | 1,246 | 920 | 74% |
| Cambodia | 1,042 | 832 | 80% |
| Montenegro | 1,027 | 944 | 92% |
| Fiji | 1,004 | 878 | 87% |
| Bolivia | 984 | 901 | 92% |
| Mozambique | 975 | 852 | 87% |
| Guyana | 909 | 734 | 81% |
* | Hong Kong | 881 | 771 | 88% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 877 | 724 | 83% |
| Turkmenistan | 823 | 692 | 84% |
| Rwanda | 813 | 668 | 82% |
* | Australia | 740 | 627 | 85% |
| Guinea | 649 | 372 | 57% |
| Congo | 624 | 392 | 63% |
| Eritrea | 583 | 221 | 38% |
* | Brazil | 565 | 422 | 75% |
| Laos | 490 | 407 | 83% |
* | Canada | 444 | 353 | 80% |
| Benin | 407 | 275 | 68% |
| Madagascar | 393 | 344 | 88% |
| Mali | 388 | 260 | 67% |
| Togo | 341 | 217 | 64% |
| Somalia | 338 | 129 | 38% |
| Liberia | 330 | 218 | 66% |
| Swaziland | 318 | 294 | 92% |
* | Japan | 306 | 274 | 90% |
| Tajikistan | 306 | 238 | 78% |
| Gabon | 302 | 249 | 82% |
| Burkina | 295 | 233 | 79% |
| Haiti | 265 | 230 | 87% |
* | Malaysia | 264 | 208 | 79% |
| Comoros | 262 | 199 | 76% |
| Sudan (South) | 248 | 166 | 67% |
* | Korea (South) | 237 | 217 | 92% |
| Lesotho | 232 | 212 | 91% |
| Cyprus | 225 | 136 | 60% |
| Taiwan | 217 | 203 | 94% |
| Stateless | 214 | 151 | 71% |
* | New Zealand | 208 | 163 | 78% |
| Djibouti | 182 | 106 | 58% |
| Burundi | 181 | 123 | 68% |
| Mauritania | 172 | 147 | 85% |
* | Mexico | 143 | 109 | 76% |
| Bhutan | 126 | 113 | 90% |
| Chad | 124 | 91 | 73% |
| Niger | 124 | 85 | 69% |
| Surinam | 120 | 108 | 90% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 115 | 58 | 50% |
| Cape Verde | 107 | 67 | 63% |
* | Israel | 105 | 72 | 69% |
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| Other nationalities | 778 | 515 | 66% |
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Grand Total | 2,225,339 | 1,914,072 | 86% | |
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*Non-visa national. Such nationalities do not normally require a visa to enter the UK as a visitor for stays of less than 6 months | ||||
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Proportion of visitor visas granted relate to visas for which a decision was made in 2015, and may include cases where applications were made in 2014 | ||||
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Data based on nationality as recorded; data shown for nationalites with at least 100 cases decided | ||||
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Immigration Statistics January-March 2016, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q |
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The proportion granted varies by nationality reflecting a number of factors, including the evidence submitted in individual applications, whether applicants are eligible, and UKVI’s assessment of whether an applicant is a genuine visitor. Detailed information on how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics