§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people applied in 2003 for a visa under the Commonwealth working holidaymaker scheme; and from which countries they came. [178778]
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§ Mr. MullinThere are 53 Commonwealth Member countries, including the United Kingdom. Zimbabwe is no longer a Commonwealth Member. However, for immigration purposes Zimbabwean nationals continue to be treated as Commonwealth nationals. Zimbabwean nationals remain, therefore, eligible to apply working holidaymaker visas No applications from Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu or Vanuatu nationals were received in 2003. The following table shows the number of applications made for working holidaymaker visas during 2003, broken down by nationality.
Number of applications Antigua and Barbuda 2 Australia 32,614 Bahamas 2 Bangladesh 217 Barbados 45 Belize 6 Botswana 192 BNO's and BOC's1 87 Brunei 3 Cameroon 72 Canada 6,612 Cyprus 25 Dominica 15 Fiji 30 Gambia 8 Ghana 4,684 Grenada 7 Guyana 81 India 10,860 Jamaica 894 Kenya 173 Lesotho 15 Malawi 125 Malaysia 3,469 Maldives 4 Malta 96 Mauritius 125 Mozambique 10 Namibia 1,824 New Zealand 8,796 Nigeria 331 Pakistan 128 Papua New Guinea 3 Seychelles 19 Sierra Leone 16 Singapore 247 South Africa 34,242 Sri Lanka 5,184 St. Kitts and Nevis 4 St. Lucia 33 St. Vincent 24 Swaziland 228 Tanzania 28 Tonga 1 Trinidad and Tobago 749 Uganda 68 Zambia 111 Zimbabwe 996 1 British National Overseas (BNO) and British Overseas Citizen (BOC). Source: These statistics are obtained from UK visas Central Reference System.
§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications under the working holidaymaker scheme from(a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Sri Lanka, (d) Nigeria, (e) Ghana, (f) Sierra Leone, (g) Jamaica and (h) all new Commonwealth countries have been (i) received, (ii) refused, (iii) granted and (iv) appealed against since 25 August 2003. [178782]
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§ Mr. MullinThere are 53 Commonwealth member countries, including the United Kingdom. The following table provides the figures requested between 25 August 2003 and 28 May 2004. These statistics are obtained from UK visas central reference system. The figures in the table may not add up due to some applications received in 2003 overlapping into 2004 and equally the same applies for some received in 2002 but processed in 2003. Some applications are also withdrawn by the applicant before a decision is made.
Received Refused Issued Appealed India 9,995 5,276 1,728 1,445 Pakistan 96 29 56 4 Sri Lanka 4,935 3,873 1,075 638 Nigeria 220 97 114 42 Ghana 3,143 987 1,977 161 Sierra Leone 13 11 3 2 Jamaica 442 145 269 30 All CC1 73,468 13,287 53,476 2,763 1 All Commonwealth countries, including those broken down within the table.