Visas: Iraq

(asked on 22nd January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq were refused an entry visa to the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 3rd February 2020

The Home Office does not publish the information requested. Available information on entry clearance visa applications can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2019.

Our commercial partner, TLS Contact, operates the User Pay application point in Erbil which operates five days a week (Sundays to Thursdays) between 0900 and 1600 and offers 42 appointment slots each day. The operating frequency of our outsourced operations are dictated by demand.

The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions on changes are always taken in the round and reflect key facets of the bilateral relationship with the country concerned. These will vary globally, but often include security, compliance, returns, reciprocal arrangements for UK nationals, logistics and prosperity.

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