§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for each quarter that an appeal has been available against a refusal of a visa or entry clearance to visit the United Kingdom, how many applications were made for a visa or entry clearance to visit the United Kingdom; of these how many were refused; of these refusals, how many were appealed; and of these appeals, how many succeeded, broken down in each category by(a) the country from which the application was made, (b) the gender of the applicant and (c) the age of the applicant (0–10, 11–20, 21–30 and 31 and above). [8730]
§ Mr. BradshawWe record details of appeals received only in respect of family visit applications. Details are given in the table of the number of appeals received between October 2000, when the right of appeal was reintroduced for family visit visa refusals, and September 2001 for the largest 114 posts.
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Applications received, refused and family visit applications received October to December 2000 January to March 2001 Applications received Applications refused FVA received Applications received Applications refused FVA received Abidjan 763 53 0 561 93 0 Abu Dhabi 2,973 52 0 3,112 48 1 Abuja 4,474 561 2 3,734 622 0 Accra 12,314 1,899 10 8,978 3,303 58 Addis Ababa 771 117 0 1,149 193 1 Algiers — — — 850 — — Almaty 1,213 69 0 939 51 0 Amman 1,940 37 0 2,225 55 0 Amsterdam 2,268 25 0 1,708 46 2 Ankara 969 14 0 — 14 0 Bahrain 1,319 15 2 2,013 5 0 Baku 691 37 0 535 21 0 Bandar Seri Begawan 197 1 0 — — 0 Bangkok 5,900 548 0 8,766 521 9 Banjul 1,244 140 0 1,177 159 0 Beirut 1,760 13 0 1,512 19 1 Belgrade 2,727 47 0 2,418 40 1 Bogota 3,890 486 0 3,360 384 3 Bombay 11,353 895 9 15,925 882 39 Bratislava 4,376 129 0 2,870 162 0 Brussels 960 12 1 903 11 0 Bucharest 5,415 350 1 5,059 414 4 Budapest 330 26 0 300 22 0 Cairo 5,940 205 1 5,216 251 3 Calcutta 1,242 30 0 1,713 21 1 Canberra 6,114 9 0 11,943 14 0 Casablanca 1,490 89 1 1,405 52 1 Chicago 1,148 3 0 2,414 2 0 Colombo 4,679 905 1 4,909 1,293 13 Copenhagen 751 14 0 600 22 0 Dakar — — — 382 47 1 Damascus 1,370 160 0 1,561 129 6 Dar Es Salaam 1,805 350 2 1,866 388 2 Dhaka 5,415 1,215 12 5,221 1,749 39 Doha 1,069 42 0 1,413 50 1 Dubai 4,174 257 2 5,657 127 4 Dublin 1,413 9 0 1,361 9 1 Dusseldorf 6,157 39 0 5,405 39 0 Ekaterinburg 476 42 0 521 30 0 The number of applications received and refused between October 2000 and September 2001 are as follows. The figures are based on monthly statistical reports received from the 114 largest posts. The remaining posts submit information on an annual basis, which is not broken down into months. To answer this question for all 165 posts we would have to ask those additional posts to extract the information requested. This could be done only at disproportionate cost.
We do not record the outcome of appeals, but the Lord Chancellor's Department has provided the following information:
Received Appeal allowed October to December 2000 139 22 January to March 2001 540 156 April to June 2001 1,142 422 July to September 2001 1,655 890 We do not record the gender or the age of the applicant. To ask posts to provide this information for statistical purposes now would require them to carry out a manual search of their records. This too could be done only at disproportionate cost.
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Applications received, refused and family visit applications received October to December 2000 January to March 2001 Applications received Applications refused FVA received Applications received Applications refused FVA received Geneva 2,197 83 1 1,551 32 0 Georgetown 358 38 1 339 26 1 Guangzhou 2,506 555 4 2,423 1,312 8 Hanoi 469 51 0 375 36 0 Harare 484 81 0 762 121 0 Havana 426 40 0 416 39 0 Hong Kong 1,027 58 0 1,179 56 1 Islamabad 14,085 3,046 35 16,090 5,203 169 Istanbul 15,974 524 6 769 744 13 Jakarta 5,354 73 1 2,121 69 2 Jeddah 2,409 70 0 3,143 88 0 Jerusalem 386 5 0 323 9 0 Kampala 3,015 770 3 2,865 508 5 Karachi 7,251 1,001 13 7,122 1,725 36 Kathmandu 1,099 295 0 1,802 526 2 Khartoum 672 172 2 674 133 2 Kiev 5,491 747 0 5,756 1,151 4 Kingston 744 115 1 748 66 0 Kuala Lumpur 638 71 0 543 74 2 Kuwait 3,730 162 2 4,693 112 1 Lagos 13,620 2,545 60 14,054 1,938 101 Lahore1 — — — — — — Lima 844 26 1 805 18 1 Los Angeles 4,998 13 0 4,436 15 0 Luanda 402 36 0 389 17 0 Lusaka 1,359 102 0 1,043 102 4 Madras 5,770 269 3 8,716 335 5 Madrid 1,404 7 0 13,171 7 0 Manila 5,937 203 0 7,671 439 28 Mexico City — — — 127 1 0 Minsk 1,164 43 0 1,137 46 0 Moscow 14,467 488 0 14,484 452 2 Muscat 1,374 20 1 1,468 33 0 Nairobi 3,904 386 2 4,016 522 8 New Delhi 11,464 1,971 23 13,811 1,298 62 New York 7,822 31 0 7,296 43 1 Nicosia 1,131 30 0 937 32 1 Oslo 756 5 0 658 1 0 Ottawa 3,899 18 0 3,854 26 0 Paris 5,478 16 0 4,801 13 0 Peking 9,098 1,102 1 8,314 — 4 Port Louis 1,811 112 4 1,730 94 2 Port of Spain 397 32 0 409 30 0 Prague 659 3 0 517 2 0 Pretoria 4,826 532 0 6,801 430 1 Quito 446 20 0 569 28 0 Riga 374 34 0 435 19 0 Riyadh 3,481 100 1 4,048 65 4 Rome 1,832 35 0 1,418 19 0 Sana'a 717 113 0 815 117 0 Santo Domingo 179 11 — 178 10 0 Sarajevo 703 10 0 611 3 0 Shanghai 2,634 136 0 2,551 73 5 Singapore 1,185 16 0 1,171 20 0 Skopje2 — — — 649 124 — Sofia 4,884 311 2 5,083 281 1 St. Petersburg 2,684 87 0 2,249 143 0 Sto Domingo — — 0 — — 2 Stockholm 1,143 19 0 901 12 0 Taipei 5,766 — 0 6,315 230 0 Tashkent 514 36 0 394 57 0 Tbilisi 489 143 0 555 33 0 Tehran 4,079 199 1 5,181 183 8 Tel Aviv 300 39 0 2,758 109 — Tirana 443 62 0 340 53 1 Tokyo 989 37 0 1,586 387 0 Tripoli — — — — — 1 Tunis 1,617 289 3 1,664 227 9
Applications received, refused and family visit applications received October to December 2000 January to March 2001 Applications received Applications refused FVA received Applications received Applications refused FVA received Valletta 269 8 0 1,033 — — Vienna 716 10 0 667 9 0 Warsaw 355 17 0 314 25 0 Washington 3,253 0 0 2,538 3 0 Wellington 42 18 0 4,043 7 0 Yaounde 408 109 0 436 56 1 Zagreb 3,263 111 0 2,525 118 4 324,754 26,812 215 345,047 31,533 703 1 Opened September 2001 2 January 2001 124W125W
Applications received, refused and family visit applications received April to June 2001 August to September 2001 Applications received Applications refused FVA received Applications received Applications refused FVA received Abidjan 953 60 0 907 121 0 Abu Dhabi 7,484 212 5 7,961 278 10 Abuja 5,973 571 20 8,498 1,035 18 Accra 18,690 4,607 103 18,555 5,194 70 Addis Ababa 1,197 177 3 1,748 291 5 Algiers 942 — — 1,333 — — Almaty 1,333 47 0 1,119 76 0 Amman 2,748 29 0 3,847 76 1 Amsterdam 2,323 14 2 2,507 41 3 Ankara — 19 0 1,173 12 0 Bahrain 3,715 15 1 5,353 30 0 Baku 764 30 0 851 7 0 Bandar Seri Begawan — — 0 — — 0 Bangkok 8,855 487 23 7,698 648 16 Banjul 1,937 199 5 2,626 328 5 Beirut 2,148 11 0 2,420 22 0 Belgrade 3,596 45 2 3,348 43 1 Bogota 6,744 373 1 4,819 453 2 Bombay 30,135 1,599 136 20,500 1,600 126 Bratislava 6,397 116 0 6,049 151 0 Brussels 986 7 0 1,043 12 0 Bucharest 7,887 370 3 8,702 440 0 Budapest 415 15 0 422 21 0 Cairo 9,537 225 0 10,389 366 2 Calcutta 4,311 43 1 2,753 57 4 Canberra 9,912 13 0 7,885 8 0 Casablanca 1,824 38 0 2,403 75 2 Chicago 3,583 6 0 2,302 7 0 Colombo 6,342 795 28 7,152 1,385 40 Copenhagen 960 18 0 687 33 2 Dakar 129 11 0 — — 0 Damascus 1,979 179 0 1,413 227 0 Dar Es Salaam 2,628 277 12 2,041 264 13 Dhaka 7,523 949 69 9,134 1,398 91 Doha 3,809 72 0 4,764 104 3 Dubai 11,739 72 6 10,034 104 12 Dublin 1,682 35 1 1,580 46 0 Dusseldorf 6,676 33 0 5,690 45 0 Ekaterinburg 1,257 21 0 923 27 0 Geneva 2,427 26 0 2,479 35 1 Georgetown 699 40 4 620 54 3 Guangzhou 5,336 1,234 12 6,143 396 11 Hanoi 619 48 0 246 22 0 Harare 564 73 0 — — 0 Havana 573 31 0 481 36 0 Hong Kong 1,961 50 2 1,561 45 2 Islamabad 30,872 5,910 538 20,033 4,153 449 Istanbul 1,131 519 11 13,430 701 23 Jakarta 5,382 73 3 2,590 80 0 Jeddah 8,324 77 0 5,866 71 5 Jerusalem 643 9 0 712 14 0 126W127W
Applications received, refused and family visit applications received April to June 2001 August to September 2001 Applications received Applications refused FVA received Applications received Applications refused FVA received Kampala 3,859 318 3 3,485 349 5 Karachi 16,964 2,933 29 13,411 2,554 85 Kathmandu 1,561 413 0 2,036 818 20 Khartoum 1,745 134 11 1,230 136 5 Kiev 8,493 916 3 6,226 1,070 4 Kingston 1,194 109 1 1,264 122 3 Kuala Lumpur 716 95 1 844 111 1 Kuwait 10,612 135 1 14,345 196 2 Lagos 23,197 2,261 144 26,056 2,635 174 Lahore1 — — — 1,345 271 2 Lima 1,087 26 0 1,137 24 0 Los Angeles 6,767 5 0 5,364 5 0 Luanda 499 14 0 813 30 0 Lusaka 1,433 65 6 1,218 78 1 Madras 12,272 312 7 8,150 336 6 Madrid 13,207 3 0 1,418 2 0 Manila 7,830 426 60 5,841 344 46 Mexico City 178 0 1 181 0 0 Minsk 2,968 41 0 3,045 80 0 Moscow 22,941 593 5 16,894 619 8 Muscat 4,258 41 3 3,209 40 5 Nairobi 6,582 469 7 6,872 731 17 New Delhi 28,328 1,672 167 21,719 1,525 156 New York 10,263 31 0 8,403 20 0 Nicosia 1,285 34 1 2,053 38 7 Oslo 1,063 1 1 898 2 0 Ottawa 5,582 33 0 5,192 24 1 Paris 6,946 8 0 7,689 11 1 Peking 12,568 — 2 19,175 2,237 0 Port Louis 3,823 100 7 3,050 200 9 Port of Spain 541 40 0 662 39 0 Prague 670 3 0 755 3 0 Pretoria 5,756 386 0 4,526 406 0 Quito 821 20 0 865 19 1 Riga 553 41 0 303 18 1 Riyadh 10,796 114 7 9,836 129 7 Rome 2,097 36 0 3,661 24 1 Sana'a 1,322 104 11 1,448 70 5 Santo Domingo 547 6 0 532 22 0 Sarajevo 780 6 0 684 5 0 Shanghai 4,889 61 0 6,660 702 0 Singapore 1,695 11 0 1,331 19 0 Skopje2 1,205 94 — 839 139 — Sofia 6,823 555 0 5,726 899 0 St. Petersburg 3,663 129 0 3,010 134 0 Sto Domingo — — 0 — — 14 Stockholm 1,333 8 0 1,119 13 0 Taipei 12,297 429 0 12,282 0 0 Tashkent 599 49 0 885 72 0 Tbilisi 530 30 0 790 33 0 Tehran 6,583 69 9 7,198 167 20 Tel Aviv 4,766 175 — 6,552 394 — Tirana 704 40 0 853 103 0 Tokyo 1,435 242 1 1,299 81 0 Tripoli — — 7 — — 0 Tunis 1,875 196 15 3,042 166 21 Valletta 1,560 — — — — — Vienna 745 11 0 813 7 0 Warsaw 448 19 0 545 24 0 Washington 3,271 0 1 3,030 0 0 Wellington 4,240 10 0 2,026 7 0 Yaounde 710 70 3 476 44 4 Zagreb 3,945 19 1 4,346 32 0 553,064 34,041 1,506 513,447 38,921 1,552 1 Opened September 2001 2 January 2001
§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for each year from 1990 to 2000, how many applications were made for a visa or entry clearance to visit the United Kingdom of these, how many were repeat applications; how many applications for a visa or entry clearance to visit the United Kingdom were refused; and of these, how many were repeat applications, broken down in each category by(a) the country from which the application was made, (b) the gender of the applicant and (c) the age of the applicant (0–10, 11–20, 21–30 and 31 and above). [8729]
§ Mr. BradshawWe do not maintain records on the number of visa applications received for the years 1990 to 1992. Most records of applications at overseas Posts for those years will have been destroyed.
We have the following information for 1993 to 1996:
Year/region Received Refused 1993 Equatorial Africa 90,123 18,749 Southern Africa 6,703 266 Near East and North Africa 73,320 4,198 Middle East 110,230 4,156 Far East 75,820 1,205 South Asia 188,453 25,224 SE Asia 98,434 2,821 Australia/South Pacific 19,349 43 Western Europe 92,748 3,074 Central Europe and FSU 103,960 4,569 Southern Europe 66,193 3,212 Northern Europe 63,634 183 West Indies and Atlantic 6,081 1,057 Latin America 4,870 88 1994 Equatorial Africa 97,184 19,998 Southern Africa 9,662 472 Near East and North Africa 76,814 3,261 Middle East 116,940 3,876 Far East 78,798 684 South Asia 210,117 30,504 SE Asia 120,092 2,622 Australia/South Pacific 28,563 53 Western Europe 98,524 2,953 MVD, London 318 0 128W
Applications received/refused 1997 1998 1999 2000 Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Abidjan 2,053 300 2,343 352 2,176 201 2,865 235 Abu Dhabi 16,532 319 1— 1— 17,663 434 18,850 333 Abuja 7,930 1,359 11,487 1,452 16,782 1,777 21,602 2,776 Accra 19,145 4,840 22,901 5,078 28,308 5,355 34,144 7,783 Addis Ababa 5,808 866 4,357 362 4,066 551 3,547 519 Algiers 2,657 0 3,499 0 3,370 0 0 0 Almaty 4,589 133 5,334 84 4,996 114 5,486 220 Amman 9,716 190 9,076 227 8,642 228 10,114 151 Amsterdam 7,095 234 7,470 256 8,198 270 8,905 172 Ankara 4,770 49 4,530 67 4,695 90 5,304 52 Antananarivo 324 6 298 8 359 25 354 31 Ascension Island 52 1 55 0 59 0 80 0 Ashgabat 296 0 335 0 710 12 1,049 6 Athens 1,157 13 991 29 1,167 112 1,273 154 Bahrain 13,338 88 1— 1— 11,026 73 12,410 98 Baku 2,358 1 3,217 16 2,755 113 2,702 171 Bandar Seri Begawan 1,097 5 912 4 1,185 18 1,238 5 Bangkok 42,592 1,406 21,906 1,503 29,278 1,950 32,253 2,100
Year/region Received Refused Central Europe and FSU 15,752 4,919 Southern Europe 54,654 3,338 Northern Europe 72,301 213 West Indies and Atlantic 7,431 1,300 Latin America 5,223 75 1995 Equatorial Africa 89,889 19,573 Southern Africa 16,308 507 Near East and North Africa 78,127 4,509 Middle East 122,794 4,969 Far East 82,591 1,222 South Asia 222,954 35,576 SE Asia 130,246 2,362 Australia/South Pacific 35,699 77 Western Europe 96,516 2,480 MVD, London 192 0 Central Europe and FSU 187,991 7,033 Southern Europe 63,610 3,986 Northern Europe 72,434 301 West Indies and Atlantic 6,855 836 Latin America 6,314 145 1996 Equatorial Africa 126,738 199,941 Southern Africa 19,403 844 Near East and North Africa 80,598 5,187 Middle East 199,080 4,751 Far East 88,542 1,458 South Asia 231,499 36,430 SE Asia 138,067 3,046 Australia/South Pacific 3,895 43 Western Europe 96,496 2,613 MVD, London 723 0 Central Europe and FSU 213,984 9,470 Southern Europe 81,091 3,484 Northern Europe 80,783 241 West Indies and Atlantic 7,845 721 Latin America 8,815 200 The numbers of applications received and refused between 1997 and 2000 are as follows.
We do not record for statistical purposes whether an application is a repeat application, the gender of the applicant or their age. To ask Posts to provide this information now would require them to carry out a manual search of their records, which could be done only at disproportionate cost.
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Applications received/refused 1997 1998 1999 2000 Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Banjul 3,115 654 3,137 508 3,933 915 4,579 809 Beirut 8,027 381 7,507 271 7,500 230 8,090 130 Belgrade 13,641 437 14,772 285 2,683 55 11,185 207 Belmopan 22 0 24 0 17 0 31 0 Berne 88 0 57 0 40 0 49 0 Bogota 14,734 441 20,683 1,089 17,129 1,303 19,766 1,759 Bombay 56,488 4,813 63,909 5,006 72,203 5,895 73,317 6,684 Bonn 428 0 584 0 1— 1— 1— 1— Brasilia 90 0 97 0 95 0 164 0 Bratislava 401 36 6,082 69 22,838 773 21,070 496 Bridgetown 701 78 821 71 922 105 987 109 Brussels 6,026 120 4,443 118 4,442 94 4,574 81 Bucharest 18,830 834 23,206 1,180 22,056 1,416 22,270 1,565 Budapest 1,352 45 1,610 74 4,869 174 1,587 103 Buenos Aires 614 4 574 3 635 10 652 6 Cairo 28,869 949 29,616 904 30,602 728 30,940 612 Calcutta 9,264 118 11,629 89 9,636 173 10,087 141 Canberra 28,585 41 32,317 31 34,095 36 34,423 56 Caracas 573 3 445 12 584 10 708 13 Casablanca 7,368 862 7,084 665 7,212 453 7,763 426 Chicago 8,981 18 10,484 17 11,084 24 11,311 9 Colombo 12,288 608 14,594 622 18,449 1,281 21,288 2,480 Copenhagen 2,197 89 2,240 47 2,654 39 3,229 52 Dakar 1,410 229 1,243 189 1,430 183 1,581 160 Damascus 5,857 233 5,976 297 5,404 411 7,389 536 Dar Es Salaam 6,962 238 9,008 856 9,607 1,489 9,253 1,472 Dhaka 18,132 5,829 17,187 4,562 19,752 4,656 22,418 5,342 Doha 14,972 101 1— 1— 10,407 303 9,973 278 Dubai 26,364 897 1— 1— 27,677 953 28,408 1,130 Dublin 3,496 7 3,313 21 3,613 37 5,039 71 Dusseldorf 24,965 668 19,813 483 21,854 309 25,279 182 Ekaterinburg 423 12 2,941 65 2,083 46 2,803 97 Freetown 624 145 1— 1— 1— 1— 2,815 420 Gaborone 671 17 790 28 820 34 946 44 Geneva 8,936 129 8,266 121 8,075 148 9,384 188 Georgetown 1,589 208 1,582 190 1,521 205 1,881 163 Gibraltar 568 0 625 0 344 10 242 0 Guangzhou 1— 1— 1— 1— 4,234 206 13,453 1,373 Guatemala City 47 0 72 1 89 3 93 6 Hamilton 54 0 289 0 280 3 239 0 Hanoi 1,272 99 2,205 164 1,761 315 2,233 244 Harare 1,530 166 1,955 254 1,900 222 2,960 444 Havana 1,821 106 2,107 96 2,221 163 1,968 108 Helsinki 956 20 1,046 7 948 31 1,367 42 Hong Kong 13,365 332 11,846 380 6,390 399 5,833 290 Honiara 38 0 11 0 23 0 22 1 Houston 4,856 24 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Islamabad 33,011 5,974 49,087 7,369 50,816 11,299 64,346 11,047 Istanbul 60,286 2,625 63,338 2,817 58,870 2,240 63,334 2,274 Jakarta 31,980 164 8,855 271 18,539 356 19,340 357 Jedda 25,304 711 1— 1— 25,803 1,234 21,844 540 Jerusalem 2,234 43 2,378 88 2,021 138 2,189 43 Kampala 9,309 836 11,203 1,007 11,612 1,224 13,139 2,176 Karachi 26,678 1,832 28,063 3,124 30,286 3,915 32,450 4,942 Kathmandu 3,096 296 3,825 676 4,148 759 5,597 1,263 Khartoum 3,401 533 1— 1— 1,494 315 4,224 616 Kiev 22,469 2,626 23,727 2,580 22,693 2,843 26,145 3,121 Kigali 1— 1— 105 0 110 0 106 0 Kingston 3,217 232 3,537 230 3,475 389 3,618 408 Kinshasa 686 82 689 44 1,385 143 1,104 255 Kuala Lumpur 3,893 157 2,655 317 2,956 289 2,645 303 Kuwait 40,517 352 1— 1— 36,199 397 33,469 661 La Paz 46 2 67 1 49 2 56 0 Lagos 42,648 8,856 44,129 8,621 55,319 8,267 62,123 9,363 Lahore 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— Lilongwe 337 32 374 33 456 39 437 28 Lima 3,387 91 3,884 161 3,642 190 3,678 159 Lisbon 1,107 15 1,352 27 1,213 19 1,352 27 Los Angeles 17,442 32 24,517 93 24,417 186 25,023 98 Luanda 1,497 38 1,609 30 1,744 44 1,857 138 Lusaka 4,082 251 4,488 208 4,746 225 5,289 334 132W133W
Applications received/refused 1997 1998 1999 2000 Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Luxembourg 477 3 397 0 400 0 340 1 Madras 18,970 651 23,868 917 27,003 954 32,531 1,316 Madrid 2,871 137 2,816 184 2,655 132 3,906 84 Managua 17 0 15 0 16 0 21 0 Manila 21,104 1,125 17,868 1,584 19,868 1,274 25,868 1,161 Maputo 652 28 792 23 717 22 933 27 Maseru 104 2 160 6 234 33 195 42 Mbabane 1— 1— 152 8 123 1 160 5 Mexico City 1,107 4 1,228 5 1,339 7 1,636 5 Minsk 7,552 90 7,131 168 7,137 120 8,081 201 Montevideo 128 0 139 0 88 0 95 0 Moscow 91,496 2,624 77,323 2,105 56,736 1,248 65,544 1,421 Muscat 8,534 76 1— 1— 10,587 124 10,004 131 MVD, London 856 0 483 0 579 0 1— 1— Nairobi 18,060 1,041 17,194 1,578 18,796 2,082 18,949 1,545 Nassau 229 0 244 3 338 3 327 1 New Delhi 54,137 7,200 60,283 8,249 66,822 11,165 70,790 12,481 New York 28,303 170 32,786 268 34,545 169 35,012 166 Nicosia 2,911 233 8,340 422 8,006 461 7,397 325 Nuku'alofa 14 0 20 0 28 0 1 0 Oslo 3,360 62 2,745 34 2,739 39 3,265 22 Ottawa 15,586 159 18,482 111 18,744 66 18,848 61 Panama City 4 0 162 6 161 3 167 3 Paris 22,833 303 21,301 176 19,561 151 22,189 84 Peking 33,743 2,850 33,809 2,602 35,254 2,733 42,804 4,105 Port Louis 8,614 460 9,537 489 9,463 516 10,105 633 Port Moresby 626 4 609 5 676 6 567 3 Port of Spain 1,394 45 1,535 41 1,793 68 1,937 124 Port Stanley 79 0 66 1 49 0 1— 1— Prague 1,201 55 1,642 67 2,127 90 2,181 79 Pretoria 12,700 556 19,328 657 22,437 1,162 19,950 1,718 Quito 1,689 167 3,028 201 2,020 229 2,029 188 Rabat 0 0 526 0 541 0 510 0 Rangoon 847 39 1,095 39 1,028 77 1,259 111 Reykjavik 85 0 88 2 136 2 198 0 Riga 2,393 78 2,513 174 2,173 156 1,943 147 Rio de Janeiro 616 22 735 21 720 36 806 62 Ryidah 30,269 545 1— 1— 31,108 800 29,065 569 Rome 5,576 368 6,059 460 5,422 252 7,408 171 San Jose 53 0 77 0 72 0 111 0 San Salvador 8 1 16 0 15 0 23 0 Sana'a 4,005 401 1— 1— 4,093 252 5,117 681 Santiago 480 3 543 9 507 6 343 0 Santo Domingo 434 41 1,151 84 1,408 59 1,316 48 Sarajevo 766 68 2,036 139 3,370 163 3,014 73 Seoul 1,536 16 839 15 974 27 1,166 72 Shanghai 1— 1— 5,683 1— 8,353 788 12,833 885 Singapore 3,696 35 4,096 31 4,339 19 5,384 39 Skopje 257 0 417 0 720 1 1,020 0 Sofia 14,867 636 17,241 944 21,182 1,371 22,291 1,303 St. Petersburg 16,610 393 14,382 637 11,347 655 11,981 573 Stockholm 5,890 66 5,865 100 4,582 87 4,598 78 Suva 764 14 763 20 822 14 1,340 20 Taipei 50,133 0 41,089 0 43,042 0 44,959 0 Tallinn 471 9 534 59 827 80 655 168 Tangier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tashkent 3,115 109 2,915 208 2,581 118 1,946 173 Tbilisi 1,479 36 1,905 22 2,290 59 2,793 399 Tegucigalpa 18 0 23 0 25 0 39 2 Tehran 21,013 821 1— 1— 22,613 557 26,750 790 Tel Aviv 1,601 154 1,696 255 1,431 184 1,585 123 The Hague 207 0 118 0 1— 1— 1— 1— Tirana 1— 1— 206 33 1,703 206 2,071 297 Tokyo 5,590 160 5,443 219 5,044 306 5,131 271 Tripoli 618 0 860 3 1,507 12 8,344 256 Tunis 7,374 1,713 7,507 1,260 7,310 1,097 7,809 1,160 Ulaan Baatar 590 11 818 79 911 130 1,084 184 Valletta 7,726 18 7,419 22 6,876 29 4,964 17 Victoria 198 1 192 3 268 0 282 3 Vienna 2,583 21 2,625 18 2,618 15 3,007 34 Vila 15 0 6 0 9 1 10 2
Applications received/refused 1997 1998 1999 2000 Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Received Refused Vilnius 229 16 366 38 325 46 526 65 Warsaw 1,341 142 1,409 116 1,568 115 1,509 213 Washington 10,561 8 12,083 4 11,531 17 12,635 7 Wellington 12,419 20 13,050 24 13,743 43 12,807 72 Windhoek 198 6 363 7 483 15 496 50 Yaounde 1,776 171 2,084 243 2,054 225 2,177 350 Yerevan 667 34 1,022 43 969 28 1,036 101 Zagreb 841 84 342 25 2,435 34 13,490 352 1 Posts where figures are not available