Visas
(asked on 4th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many visa applications were made by visitors from (1) Pakistan, (2) India, (3) Bangladesh, and (4) China, in each of the last two years, and what was the total success rate for each category in each year.
The information requested is provided in the attached table.
Entry clearance visitor visa cases resolved by nationality (including dependants) | ||||||||
Year | Nationality | Applications | Cases Resolved | of which: | ||||
Granted | % | Refused | % | Withdrawn or lapsed | ||||
2013 | Pakistan | 85,749 | 88,901 | 61,578 | 69% | 27,102 | 30% | 27315 |
2014 | Pakistan | 87,541 | 89,709 | 57,117 | 64% | 32,332 | 36% | 32560 |
2013 | India | 352,740 | 354,262 | 316,911 | 89% | 36,510 | 10% | 37312 |
2014 | India | 352,880 | 354,184 | 319,804 | 90% | 33,647 | 9% | 34344 |
2013 | Bangladesh | 25,089 | 25,842 | 18,107 | 70% | 7,588 | 29% | 7734 |
2014 | Bangladesh | 24,153 | 24,516 | 16,027 | 65% | 8,420 | 34% | 8484 |
2013 | China | 303,746 | 303,668 | 291,826 | 96% | 11,305 | 4% | 11821 |
2014 | China | 338,847 | 340,064 | 327,349 | 96% | 12,250 | 4% | 12687 |
Notes: Data on visa grants and refusals may relate to applications made in an earlier period. For this reason the grant and refusal rates are calculated as proportions of the total resolved cases in each year, not the total applications. | ||||||||
Source:Immigration Statistics April-June 2015, Home Office, tables vi_01_q, and corresponding datasets. | ||||||||
The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics