Home Department written question – answered at on 11 December 2012.
Gareth Johnson
Conservative, Dartford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications were (a) granted and (b) rejected for each type of visa in each of the last 10 years.
Mark Harper
The Minister for Immigration
Figures for the number of entry clearance visas issued and refused by types of visa from 2005 to 2011 appear in the following tables.
| Entry clearance visas issued and refused, by type of visa (including dependants), 2005 to 2011 | |||||||
| Entry clearance visa issued | |||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Work | 243,466 | 249,634 | 205,826 | 184,712 | 155,691 | 160,739 | 149,221 |
| Study(1) | 191,584 | 211,114 | 213,052 | 231,975 | 303,363 | 285,544 | 261,405 |
| Student visitors(2) | 15,834 | 23,215 | 33,144 | 42,238 | 37,703 | 49,191 | 61,381 |
| Family | 66,324 | 70,119 | 64,389 | 53,544 | 49,473 | 53,716 | 45,677 |
| Dependants joining/accompanying | 28,421 | 27,559 | 42,088 | 41,460 | 17,480 | 15,357 | 14,148 |
| Other(3) | 1,519,795 | 1,646,623 | 1,504,137 | 1,400,681 | 1,431,664 | 1,580,095 | 1,741,059 |
| Total | 2,065,424 | 2,228,264 | 2,062,636 | 1,954,610 | 1,995,374 | 2,144,642 | 2,272,891 |
| Entry clearance refused | |||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Work | 36,205 | 35,575 | 31,693 | 40,728 | 25,445 | 19,875 | 12,506 |
| Study(1) | 86,536 | 91,458 | 93,807 | 98,653 | 103,268 | 90,458 | 50,939 |
| Student visitors(2) | 986 | 1,626 | 4,458 | 7,730 | 7,466 | 8,195 | 12,399 |
| Family | 13,941 | 14,294 | 15,801 | 15,113 | 13,452 | 14,848 | 11,430 |
| Dependants joining/accompanying | 4,484 | 4,980 | 6,995 | 6,309 | 2,879 | 3,337 | 2,957 |
| Other(3) | 316,899 | 330,852 | 316,729 | 260,086 | 275,815 | 242,871 | 232,773 |
| Total | 459,051 | 478,785 | 469,483 | 428,619 | 428,325 | 379,584 | 323,004 |
| (1) The student visitor category was introduced in 2007 and may include individuals previously recorded as visitors, so for consistency and comparability over time they have been excluded from study-related totals. (2) Student visitors are allowed to come to the UK for six months (or 11 months if they will be studying an English Language course) and cannot extend their stay. (3) Mainly visitors. Source: Table be.01, ‘Immigration Statistics July-September 2012’ | |||||||
Comparable data are not available for earlier years.
The latest Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas, are published in the release Immigration Statistics release, which is available at:
A copy of the latest release, 'Immigration Statistics July-September 2012' has been placed in the House Library.
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