HC Deb 10 July 2001 vol 371 cc480-4W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa applications(a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused in (i) April and (ii) May. [3308]

Mr. Bradshaw

Our latest information from the 108 entry clearance posts which submit monthly statistical data is as follows:

Family visit visa applications 2001
Applications received Applications determined Applications allowed Applications refused
April May April May April May April May
48. Jeddah 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
49. Jerusalem 28 72 28 68 28 68 0 0
50. Kampala 186 116 175 108 148 93 27 15
51. Karachi 569 1,251 569 1,251 487 1,021 82 230
52. Kathmandu 0 152 0 117 0 98 0 19
53. Khartoum 100 115 51 78 37 58 14 20
54. Kiev 128 147 108 150 97 132 11 18
55. Kingston 118 140 113 129 103 114 10 15
56. Kuala Lumpur 17 22 18 22 15 17 3 5
57. Kuwait 42 67 42 67 35 59 7 8
58. Lagos 2,436 1— 1,710 0 1,614 1— 96 1—
59. Lima 21 52 21 52 21 50 0 2
60. Los Angeles 321 423 321 423 321 422 0 1
61. Luanda 1— 1— 0 0 1— 1— 1— 1—
62. Lusaka 66 1— 66 0 62 1— 4 1—
63. Madras 656 577 671 595 652 579 19 16
64. Madrid 29 38 29 38 29 37 0 1
65. Manila 145 223 145 223 93 155 52 68
66. Mexico City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67. Minsk 31 39 30 31 30 30 0 1
68. Moscow 357 438 342 400 334 386 8 14
69. Muscat 100 96 100 92 95 89 5 3
70. Nairobi 238 342 238 342 211 303 27 39
71. New Delhi 2,017 2,991 2,017 2,991 1,371 2,160 648 831
72. New York 675 985 660 969 660 968 0 1
73. Nicosia 156 252 153 6 148 0 5 6
74. Oslo 73 99 72 92 71 92 1 0
75. Ottawa 336 522 248 431 247 431 1 0
76. Paris 339 348 328 353 326 352 2 1
77. Peking 202 355 196 345 182 337 14 8
78. Port Louis 373 605 373 601 356 585 17 16
79. Port of Spain 3 10 2 12 2 12 0 0
80. Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81. Pretoria 12 19 12 11 10 9 2 2
82. Quito 18 30 18 28 18 28 0 0
83. Riga 6 1— 6 0 6 1— 0 1—
84. Riyadh 8 11 15 31 7 19 8 12
85. Rome 99 80 86 76 82 75 4 1
86. Sana'a 6 1— 6 0 4 1— 2 1—
87. Santo Domingo 3 4 3 4 2 3 1 1
88. Sarajevo 81 86 81 86 77 82 4 4
89. Shanghai 144 174 144 180 125 159 19 21
90. Singapore 36 55 32 57 31 57 1 0
91. Skopje 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
92. Sofia 144 151 143 148 143 147 0 1
93. St. Petersburg 78 114 78 114 75 109 3 5
94. Stockholm 106 146 129 155 126 154 3 1
95. Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96. Tashkent 24 29 24 29 23 29 1 0
97. Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98. Tehran 0 1,099 1,554 1,063 1,515 1,018 39 45
99. Tirana 1— 1— 0 0 1— 1— 1— 1—
100. Tokyo 5 11 5 10 5 8 0 2
101. Tripoli 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
102. Tunis 130 155 130 155 105 116 25 39
103. Vienna 12 9 12 9 12 9 1— 0
104. Warsaw 1 5 0 3 0 1 0 2
105. Washington 0 504 0 497 0 496 0 1
106. Wellington 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0
107. Yaounde 1— 1— 0 0 1— 1— 1— 1—
108. Zagreb 137 131 132 131 127 128 5 3
Total 22,195 23,727 21,835 22,673 17,882 19,106 3,953 3,567
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Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa refusals in relation to which(a) an appeal was received, (b) the refusal was overturned by an entry clearance manager after receipt of an appeal and (c) an appeal was despatched in (i) April and (ii) May. [3309]

Mr. Bradshaw

Our latest information from the 108 entry clearance posts which submit monthly statistical data is as follows.

Family visit visa refusals 2001
Appeals received Refusals overturned by ECM Appeals despatched
April May April May April May
1. Abidjan 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Abu Dhabi 1 3 0 0 1 2
3. Abuja 0 9 0 0 0 4
4. Accra 22 36 2 0 24 17
5. Addis Ababa 2 1 0 0 0 2
6. Almaty 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Amman 1 0 1 0 0 0
8. Amsterdam 0 0 0 0 0 0
9. Ankara 0 0 0 0 0 0
10. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0
11. Baku 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangkok 3 11 1 0 2 9
13. Banjul 0 1 0 0 0 1
14. Beirut 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgrade 0 2 0 0 0 0
16. Bogota 1 0 0 0 1 0
17. Bombay 32 42 2 4 21 32
18. Bratislava 0 0 0 0 0 0
19. Brussels 0 0 0 0 0 0
20. Bucharest 0 3 0 1 0 2
21. Budapest 0 0 0 0 0 0
22. Cairo 0 0 0 0 0 0
23. Calcutta 0 1 0 0 0 0
24. Canberra 0 0 0 0 0 0
25. Casablanca 0 0 0 0 1 0
26. Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0
27. Colombo 8 10 1 2 7 8
28. Copenhagen 0 0 0 0 0 0
29. Dakar 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
30. Damascus 0 0 0 0 0 0
31. Dar Es Salaam 3 4 0 0 1 4
32. Dhaka 20 22 0 2 20 18
33. Doha 0 0 0 0 0 0
34. Dubai 5 0 0 3 4 6
35. Dublin 1 0 0 0 0 0
36. Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
37. Ekaterinburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
38. Geneva 0 0 0 0 0 0
39. Georgetown 1 2 1 1 1 0
40. Guangzhou 2 2 2 0 2 0
41. Hanoi 0 0 0 0 0 0
42. Harare 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
43. Havana 0 0 0 0 0 0
44. Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0
45. Islamabad 166 1— 6 1— 50 1—
46. Istanbul 3 5 1 0 4 5
47. Jakarta 3 0 0 0 3 0
48. Jeddah 0 0 0 0 0 0
49. Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Kampala 1 2 1 0 1 0
51. Karachi 17 12 0 3 5 18
52. Kathmandu 0 0 0 0 0 0
53. Khartoum 0 8 2 0 2 6
54. Kiev 0 1 0 0 0 0
55. Kingston 0 0 0 0 0 0
56. Kuala Lumpur 1 0 0 0 1 0
57. Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0
58. Lagos 47 1— 7 1— 45 1—
59. Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0
60. Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0
61. Luanda 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Lusaka 0 1 0 0 0 1
63. Madras 3 1 0 0 5 2
64. Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0
65. Manila 28 15 0 0 20 4
66. Mexico City 0 0 0 0 0 0
67. Minsk 0 0 0 0 0 0
68. Moscow 3 0 0 0 2 1
69. Muscat 1 0 0 0 1 0
70. Nairobi 2 0 0 0 2 0
71. New Delhi 45 51 4 8 31 24
72. New York 0 0 0 0 0 0
73. Nicosia 0 1 0 0 0 1
74. Oslo 1 0 0 0 0 0

Family visit visa refusals 2001
Appeals received Refusals overturned by ECM Appeals despatched
April May April May April May
75. Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0
76. Paris 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Peking 1 0 0 0 1 0
78. Port Louis 1 4 1 0 0 4
79. Port of Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0
80. Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0
81. Pretoria 0 0 0 0 0 0
82. Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0
83. Riga 0 1— 0 1— 0 1—
84. Riyadh 3 1 0 0 0 0
85. Rome 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. Sana'a 5 1— 1 1— 6 1—
87. Santo Domingo 0 0 0 0 0 0
88. Sarajevo 0 0 0 0 0 0
89. Shanghai 0 0 0 0 0 0
90. Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0
91. Skopje 0 0 0 0 0 0
92. Sofia 0 0 0 0 0 0
93. St. Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
94. Stockholm 0 0 0 0 0 0
95. Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0
96. Tashkent 0 0 0 0 0 0
97. Tbilisi 0 0 0 0 0 0
98. Tehran 2 4 0 0 1 2
99. Tirana 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
100. Tokyo 0 0 0 0 0 0
101. Tripoli 0 5 0 0 0 3
102. Tunis 1 12 0 0 1 12
103. Vienna 0 0 0 0 0 0
104. Warsaw 0 0 0 0 0 0
105. Washington 0 1 0 0 0 1
106. Wellington 0 0 0 0 0 0
107. Yaounde 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1—
108. Zagreb 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 436 274 33 24 266 190
1 Information not yet received from Posts

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