Visas: Skilled Workers
(asked on 4th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Tier 2 visa refusals have been issued in the last six months for which information is available; and how this compares with the previous six months.
The available information on applications and outcomes (i.e. grants, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed cases) of entry clearance visas in the ‘Tier 2 & pre-PBS equivalent’ category are published quarterly in ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q (see table below) latest edition at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018/list-of-tables#visas.
Neither a breakdown by profession, or applications and outcomes by region of employment, is available in the published entry clearance visas data.
Table vi_01_q: Entry clearance visa applications and resolution by category |
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Quarter | Type | Broad category | Applicant type | Category | Applications | Resolved | Granted | % | Refused | % | Withdrawn | Lapsed |
2005 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 549,934 | 544,208 | 428,907 | 79% | 108,812 | 20% | 4,888 | 1,601 |
2005 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 809,340 | 795,890 | 665,996 | 84% | 122,175 | 15% | 6,149 | 1,570 |
2005 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 697,399 | 707,940 | 569,218 | 80% | 132,089 | 19% | 5,156 | 1,477 |
2005 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 507,579 | 501,929 | 401,303 | 80% | 95,973 | 19% | 3,603 | 1,050 |
2006 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 541,956 | 542,525 | 441,273 | 81% | 96,853 | 18% | 3,203 | 1,196 |
2006 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 827,519 | 814,248 | 686,671 | 84% | 123,046 | 15% | 3,523 | 1,008 |
2006 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 806,500 | 816,907 | 663,693 | 81% | 147,316 | 18% | 4,296 | 1,602 |
2006 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 555,104 | 554,493 | 436,624 | 79% | 111,567 | 20% | 3,229 | 3,073 |
2007 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 558,635 | 561,164 | 446,247 | 80% | 109,976 | 20% | 3,122 | 1,819 |
2007 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 764,263 | 759,360 | 628,923 | 83% | 125,617 | 17% | 3,528 | 1,292 |
2007 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 739,835 | 752,850 | 608,216 | 81% | 139,269 | 18% | 3,874 | 1,491 |
2007 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 479,132 | 477,638 | 379,248 | 79% | 94,613 | 20% | 2,902 | 875 |
2008 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 502,654 | 491,719 | 395,013 | 80% | 92,365 | 19% | 2,870 | 1,471 |
2008 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 744,502 | 720,366 | 605,196 | 84% | 110,118 | 15% | 3,507 | 1,545 |
2008 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 717,729 | 727,683 | 590,439 | 81% | 132,438 | 18% | 3,925 | 881 |
2008 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 475,484 | 462,707 | 363,957 | 79% | 93,682 | 20% | 3,832 | 1,236 |
2009 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 482,700 | 493,343 | 386,579 | 78% | 100,490 | 20% | 3,157 | 3,117 |
2009 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 716,340 | 688,212 | 576,235 | 84% | 105,531 | 15% | 4,176 | 2,270 |
2009 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 742,116 | 736,321 | 609,481 | 83% | 120,849 | 16% | 4,585 | 1,406 |
2009 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 506,235 | 531,711 | 423,058 | 80% | 101,404 | 19% | 6,557 | 692 |
2010 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 512,262 | 506,136 | 407,252 | 80% | 89,925 | 18% | 8,037 | 922 |
2010 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 748,492 | 748,614 | 636,871 | 85% | 101,632 | 14% | 9,392 | 719 |
2010 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 757,762 | 783,530 | 669,858 | 85% | 107,595 | 14% | 5,485 | 592 |
2010 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 511,446 | 515,469 | 430,640 | 84% | 80,304 | 16% | 3,556 | 969 |
2011 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 543,638 | 544,130 | 465,214 | 85% | 75,410 | 14% | 2,886 | 620 |
2011 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 872,197 | 819,506 | 728,719 | 89% | 84,455 | 10% | 5,821 | 511 |
2011 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 720,758 | 789,132 | 686,568 | 87% | 95,772 | 12% | 6,393 | 399 |
2011 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 470,549 | 463,582 | 394,916 | 85% | 65,134 | 14% | 2,788 | 744 |
2012 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 532,964 | 523,081 | 454,765 | 87% | 65,162 | 12% | 2,681 | 473 |
2012 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 817,467 | 793,511 | 707,409 | 89% | 81,742 | 10% | 3,824 | 536 |
2012 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 721,616 | 743,928 | 643,211 | 86% | 96,166 | 13% | 3,713 | 838 |
2012 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 489,576 | 509,175 | 423,377 | 83% | 82,589 | 16% | 2,814 | 395 |
2013 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 543,438 | 528,954 | 458,263 | 87% | 68,304 | 13% | 2,182 | 205 |
2013 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 936,779 | 902,130 | 810,151 | 90% | 88,236 | 10% | 3,507 | 236 |
2013 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 847,598 | 889,618 | 782,822 | 88% | 103,069 | 12% | 3,405 | 322 |
2013 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 502,197 | 520,090 | 445,252 | 86% | 72,140 | 14% | 2,409 | 289 |
2014 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 530,572 | 534,580 | 475,474 | 89% | 56,847 | 11% | 2,003 | 256 |
2014 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 883,698 | 846,662 | 764,776 | 90% | 78,269 | 9% | 3,187 | 430 |
2014 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 838,645 | 872,683 | 771,008 | 88% | 96,636 | 11% | 4,364 | 675 |
2014 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 495,433 | 516,971 | 437,305 | 85% | 76,731 | 15% | 2,544 | 391 |
2015 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 545,035 | 537,338 | 460,054 | 86% | 75,135 | 14% | 1,613 | 536 |
2015 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 928,985 | 895,277 | 793,263 | 89% | 99,238 | 11% | 2,185 | 591 |
2015 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 858,730 | 894,832 | 780,027 | 87% | 112,239 | 13% | 2,339 | 227 |
2015 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 507,640 | 522,433 | 435,003 | 83% | 85,625 | 16% | 1,666 | 139 |
2016 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 537,970 | 526,736 | 445,860 | 85% | 79,310 | 15% | 1,441 | 125 |
2016 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 964,847 | 915,882 | 799,736 | 87% | 114,335 | 12% | 1,667 | 144 |
2016 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 846,031 | 890,705 | 772,410 | 87% | 116,090 | 13% | 2,132 | 73 |
2016 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 547,309 | 550,108 | 460,967 | 84% | 87,832 | 16% | 1,276 | 33 |
2017 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 620,026 | 593,471 | 513,958 | 87% | 78,180 | 13% | 1,307 | 26 |
2017 Q2 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 1,036,552 | 977,989 | 885,794 | 91% | 89,731 | 9% | 2,427 | 37 |
2017 Q3 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 844,390 | 914,504 | 822,658 | 90% | 88,484 | 10% | 3,340 | 22 |
2017 Q4 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 561,242 | 572,578 | 487,940 | 85% | 82,385 | 14% | 2,244 | 9 |
2018 Q1 | *Total | *Total | *Total | *Total | 618,915 | 595,250 | 513,649 | 86% | 79,875 | 13% | 1,700 | 26 |