HC Deb 12 November 1992 vol 213 cc865-9W
Mr. Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of refusals of visas broken down by country of application for 1991; and what is the current waiting time for refusal in each case.

Applications from all countries for all types of entry clearance to the United Kingdom in 1991
Number of applicants and percentages
Country where application made Settlement1 Non-settlement
Granted2 Refused initially3 Proportion refused4 Granted2 Refused initially3 Proportion refused4
Afghanistan
Algeria 31 8 21 6,471 3,931 37
Angola 6 0 1,106 27 2
Argentina 46 0 102 1 1
Ascension Island 70
Australia 3,597 44 1 7,563 75 1
Austria 52 2 4 2,322 17 1
Bahamas 29 0 139 2 1
Bahrain 25 0 3,455 50 1
Bangladesh 3,143 1,012 24 10,676 2,554 19
Barbados 93 9 9 634 137 18
Belgium 37 1 3 3,783 96 2
Belize 20 3 13 29 2 6
Bermuda 5 0 219 0
Bolivia 4 23 1 4
Botswana 25 0 687 1 0
Brazil 112 3 3 887 4 0
Brunei 17 0 1,129 3 0
Bulgaria 38 0 5,938 457 7
Burma 5 8 62 485 14 3
Cameroon 6 1 14 1,007 18 2
Canada 1,309 6 0 7,601 65 1
Chile 18 0 184 0
China 64 46 42 10,861 2,534 19
Colombia 56 8 13 103 2 2
Congo
Costa Rica 53 1 2
Cote D'Ivoire 1 0 646 46 7
Cuba 2 1 33 597 0
Cyprus 213 17 7 4,884 421 8
Czechoslovakia 12 0 754 10 1
Denmark 16 5 24 2,402 88 4
Ecuador 10 0 89 0
Egypt 91 12 12 20,317 1,222 6
Ethiopia 377 6 2 3,241 456 12
Fiji 48 3 6 356 13 4
Finland 78 5 6 1,116 12 1
France 180 17 9 20,701 532 3
Gabon
Gambia 10 3 23 836 118 12
Germany 88 29 25 17,660 325 2
Ghana 362 113 24 14,854 4,486 23
Gibraltar 1 0 176 0
Greece 32 1 3 1,018 24 2
Guatemala 0 22 0

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of applicants from(a) Third world countries and (b) the United States of America were refused short stay visas to enter the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1992.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The latest information by country of application for grants and refusals of visa applications to enter the United Kingdom. both for settlement and non-settlement is for 1991 and is given in the table. There is no visa requirement for citizens of the United States of America. The information on waiting times for refusal is not held centrally.

Country where application made Settlement1 Non-settlement
Granted2 Refused initially3 Proportion refused4 Granted2 Refused initially3 Proportion refused4
Guyana 65 16 20 603 97 14
Holy See 26 0
Honduras 7 3 30 11 0
Hong Kong 1,943 85 4 20,564 47 0
Hungary 32 0 665 73 10
Iceland 9 0 110 1 1
India 3,327 1,098 25 89,812 9,828 10
Indonesia 105 3 3 12,260 9 0
Iran 2 0 1,578 0
Iraq
Ireland 346 2 1 2,350 32 1
Israel 134 0 947 2 0
Italy 69 3 4 4,660 410 8
Jamaica 418 152 27 2,517 680 21
Japan 231 0 5,022 64 1
Jerusalem 25 0 1,223 9 1
Jordan 137 0 8,996 730 8
Kenya 595 58 9 1,507 117 7
Korea 16 0 524 8 2
Kuwait 22 0 1,504 17 1
Lebanon 19 1 5 4,291 318 7
Lesotho 5 0 59 1 2
Liberia
Libya 798 7 1
Luxembourg 223 2 1
Madagascar
Malawi 55 1 2 322 5 2
Malaysia 330 17 5 5,725 180 3
Malta 218 1 0 3,665 25 1
Mauritius 88 6 6 1,197 129 10
Mexico 56 1 2 539 0
Mongolia 1 0 152 0
Morocco 72 19 21 5,101 2,101 29
Mozambique 4 0 667 16 2
Namibia 6 0 42 5 11
Nepal 27 0 0 1,343 127 9
Netherlands 98 10 9 6,141 84 1
New Zealand 3,229 3 0 1,225 29 2
Nigeria 1,142 311 21 49,301 14,728 23
Norway 142 1 1 2,767 184 6
Oman 10 0 5,958 75 1
Pakistan 6,331 2,604 30 51,586 16,055 24
Panama 75 1 1
Papua New Guinea 15 0 264 0
Peru 45 0 229 1 0
Philippines 80S 374 32 9,766 787 7
Poland 214 0 44,487 2,462 5
Portugal 41 1 2 498 13 3
Qatar 4 8 67 2,823 135 5
Romania 210 28 12 9,935 574 5
Saudi Arabia 107 15 12 38,570 701 2
St. Helena 1 0 132 0
Senegal 7 0 635 22 3
Seychelles 9 0 158 2 1
Sierra Leone 20 14 41 863 363 30
Singapore 163 5 3 1,777 36 2
Solomon Islands 2 0 18 0
Somalia
South Africa 651 29 4 922 37 4
Soviet Union 114 0 56,619 1,087 2
Spain 104 2 2 1,849 48 3
Sri Lanka 181 68 27 6,882 1,143 14
Sudan 30 6 17 8,030 42 1
Swaziland 3 0 30 3 9

Country where application made Settlement1 Non-settlement
Granted2 Refused initially3 Proportion refused4 Granted2 Refused initially3 Proportion refused4
Sweden 193 1 0 4,363 155 3
Switzerland 134 1 1 6,266 50 1
Syria 56 0 4,759 413 8
Tanzania 95 18 16 1,093 37 3
Thailand 602 113 16 21,256 809 4
Tonga 16 0
Trinidad and Tobago 112 19 15 1,586 122 7
Tunisia 31 14 31 3,094 172 5
Turkey 727 269 27 36,290 2,322 6
Uganda 28 6 18 3,283 516 14
United Arab Emirates 57 11 16 12,109 888 7
United States 2,838 35 1 42,180 154 0
Uruguay 8 0 58 0
Vanuatu 1 0 29 0
Venezuela 26 1 4 309 5 2
Vietnam 4 0 340 2 1
Yemen (North) 2,667 138 5
Yemen (South)
Yugoslavia 54 6 10 414 57 12
Zaire 17 0 661 32 5
Zambia 93 12 11 1,423 31 2
Zimbabwe 185 8 4 640 76 11
1 Includes certificate of entitlement
2 Granted initially or on appeal
3 Some of these will be subsequently granted on appeal
4 Calculate as: refusals/(grants-refusals) *100
— no application received or none granted/refused