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(asked on 6th June 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Ahmed Portrait
Lord Ahmed
(Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iranian citizens have applied for (1) visitor, (2) student, and (3) settlement, visas since the opening of the British Embassy in Tehran; and how many of those applications in each category were successful.

Answered by
Portrait
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 16th June 2016

The number of visa applications made in Iran since the opening of the British Embassy in Tehran for 1) visitor, 2) student, and 3) settlement and the number of successful applications made in each of these categories is contained in the attached Table:

Table 1 - No. of Applications Processed in Abu Dhabi where Mobile Biometrics have been taken in Tehran between 01/01/16 and 31/03/2016 for Iranian Nationals
Number of applications by Iranian nationals under Visitor Category made in Tehran 175
Of which issued 50
Number of applications by Iranian nationals under Student Category made in Tehran 10
of which issued 5
Number of applications by Iranian nationals under Settlement Category made in Tehran 20
of which issued5
Notes
Applications considered as made in Tehran when biometrics taken by Abu Dhabi Mobile Biometrics Units in Tehran

Applications submitted to Tehran have a decision made by a different post

For the purpose of this data Iranian Citizens have been classed as Iranian by nationality

The figures reported are based only on considerations made against the specific named nationality requested, this does not account for applications made by non-nationals at this post

For the purpose of this data successful applications have been classed as those issued

The figures reported are calculated based on the number of application outcome events, rather than the number of individuals considered

All figures rounded to nearest 5.
This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.

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