§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applicants for entry clearance in Bangladesh from the re-applicants' queue are interviewed on average each week.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many interviews are conducted in one day by an entry clearance officer at each post in the Indian sub-continent.
§ Mr. Eggar[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1985 c. 422]The information is as follows:
Interviews Dhaka 6 New Delhi 4.4 Bombay 5.25 Calcutta 5 Islamabad 4.2 Karachi 4 These are average figures, which refer to the numbers of applicants seen, and reflect the different categories of entry clearance applications that are lodged. Certain posts receive more multiple family applications, while others receive more applications from husbands, fiancés(e)s, visitors and students, where there is only one principal applicant.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applicants for entry clearance for settlement are interviewed on average each week at each post in the Indian sub-continent.
§ Mr. Eggar[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1985, c. 422]The information is as follows:
Numbers Dhaka 278 (including 6 husbands/fiancé(e)s who are not granted immediate settlement on arrival New Delhi 44 (including 27 as above) Bombay 46 (including 15 as above) Calcutta 3 Islamabad 209 (including 22 as above) Karachi 7 (including 3 as above)
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of applications for entry clearances for settlement in the Indian subcontinent is in the reapplications queue.
§ Mr. Eggar[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1985, c. 422]Thirty six per cent., including husbands and fiancé(e)s.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applicants in Bangladesh for entry clearance for settlement have been allocated to the reapplicants' queue.