Home Office written question – answered at on 17 October 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for visitor visas have been granted in (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each of the last five years.
Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Pakistani Visitor visas (including dependants)
Applications | Resolved | Of which | ||||
Calendar Year | Granted | Refused | Withdrawn | Lapsed | ||
2012 | 85,500 | 87,172 | 54,768 | 32,115 | 244 | 45 |
2013 | 85,749 | 88,901 | 61,578 | 27,102 | 213 | 8 |
2014 | 87,541 | 89,709 | 57,117 | 32,332 | 228 | 32 |
2015 | 90,060 | 90,305 | 44,976 | 45,126 | 185 | 18 |
2016 | 83,572 | 83,295 | 41,095 | 42,067 | 133 | 0 |
Immigration Statistics April-June 2017, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q and corresponding datasets.
Data on visa grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed cases may relate to applications made in an earlier period.
Entry clearance visa applications and resolution: Indian Visitor visas (including dependants)
Applications | Resolved | Of which | ||||
Calendar Year | Granted | Refused | Withdrawn | Lapsed | ||
2012 | 335,850 | 335,261 | 298,884 | 35,437 | 819 | 121 |
2013 | 352,740 | 354,262 | 316,911 | 36,510 | 802 | 39 |
2014 | 352,880 | 354,184 | 319,804 | 33,647 | 697 | 36 |
2015 | 411,182 | 411,526 | 367,211 | 43,660 | 615 | 40 |
2016 | 450,797 | 450,401 | 390,036 | 59,843 | 493 | 29 |
Immigration Statistics April-June 2017, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q and corresponding datasets.
Data on visa grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed cases may relate to applications made in an earlier period.
Statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics
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