Visas: Overseas Students

(asked on 9th November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which were the 10 countries in which the highest number of interviews for potential international students in the UK took place, and what were the subsequent refusal rates for each country in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.


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Lord Bates
This question was answered on 19th November 2015

The top 10 countries, in descending order, in which Tier 4 Student applications were undertaken and the subsequent refusal rates can be found in table to below:

2015 (Jan-Jun)

Nationality

Refusal rate

CHINA

3%

NIGERIA

14%

SAUDI ARABIA

4%

INDIA

16%

TANZANIA

17%

PAKISTAN

41%

TUNISIA

31%

TURKEY

6%

BRAZIL

8%

VIETNAM

15%

2014

Nationality

Refusal rate

CHINA

2%

INDIA

14%

NIGERIA

16%

SAUDI ARABIA

7%

PAKISTAN

31%

THAILAND

3%

BRAZIL

3%

RUSSIA

7%

TURKEY

5%

BANGLADESH

26%

2013

Nationality

Refusal rate

CHINA

2%

INDIA

18%

NIGERIA

19%

PAKISTAN

40%

SAUDI ARABIA

7%

THAILAND

2%

RUSSIA

8%

TURKEY

8%

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

1%

BANGLADESH

22%

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