Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 2 April 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ancestral visas were issued in the last five years for which figures are available; and what the countries of origin were of the applicants to which they were issued.
Figures for ancestral visas are only available for the last four years and are as follows:
Nationality | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Grand total |
Australia | 4,230 | 4,742 | 4,548 | 3,779 | 17,299 |
New Zealand | 2,165 | 2,092 | 2,247 | 2,064 | 8,568 |
South Africa | 2,036 | 2,299 | 2,045 | 1,722 | 8,102 |
Canada | 514 | 585 | 556 | 518 | 2,173 |
Zimbabwe | 344 | 290 | 257 | 218 | 1,109 |
India | 26 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 101 |
Zambia | 15 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53 |
Kenya | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
Sri Lanka | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
Ghana | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
Malawi | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
Uganda | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
Botswana | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Malaysia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Jamaica | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
Namibia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Pakistan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Barbados | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Thailand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Guyana | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
St. Lucia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bahamas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
British overseas citizen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sierra Leone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belize | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Malta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grand total | 9,397 | 10,143 | 9,741 | 8,380 | 37,661 |
Notes: 1. Date range 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2007 2. These statistics have not been published and should be used for informational purposes. All data are based on UK ancestry—employment only Source: MSR Search Date: 26 March 2008 |
Yes4 people think so
No2 people think not
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