§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications have been received to enter and reside in the UK on the basis of(a) being married to a UK citizen and (b) intending to marry a UK citizen; and if he will list by the country of applicants the number of (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful applications in each category in each of the last three years. [40640]
§ Mr. BradshawWe do not maintain centrally statistics on the number of applications received to enter and reside in the UK on the basis of either being married to or intending to marry a UK citizen.
Such applicants are recorded under the general category of settlement. The figures within this category include dependants and those seeking to reside in the UK on the basis of marriage to someone already resident in the UK but not necessarily a British citizen to differentiate between these type of applications, we would need to ask all posts to conduct a manual check of all applications.
Figures for total number of settlement applications received, issued and refused in 1999, 2000 and 2001 are attached. Those for 1999 and 2000 are already in the House Library; those for 2001 are based on monthly statistical returns from the largest 110 entry clearance posts handling 98 per cent. of all visa applications.
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Settlement applications 1999 2000 2001 Country Receive Issued Refused Received Issued Refused Received Issued Refused Bulgaria 177 0 0 180 165 0 67 153 10 Burma 10 10 1 18 12 0 — — — Cameroon 37 14 10 41 33 15 143 35 16 Canada 1,404 1,359 2 1,312 1,263 5 303 1,225 10 Chile 54 54 0 23 23 0 — — — China 1,111 817 70 1,069 782 55 1,037 968 68 Colombia 198 182 16 160 140 8 82 120 18 Costa Rica 8 8 0 9 9 0 — — — Croatia 74 73 I 55 55 0 47 64 7 Cuba 102 103 7 97 78 7 66 99 3 Cyprus 410 389 9 371 348 5 156 310 5 Czech Republic 320 2 2 2,039 1,862 44 226 311 0 Democratic Republic Congo 81 16 5 119 49 6 — — — Denmark 16 15 1 3 3 0 2 9 2 Ecuador 45 44 0 48 38 10 18 69 13 Egypt 188 194 35 174 152 11 97 152 38 El Salvador 4 4 0 7 6 0 — — — Estonia 37 37 0 37 37 0 — — — Ethiopia 334 156 26 200 274 147 669 597 528 Falkland Islands 2 1 0 304 298 5 — — — Fiji 22 20 2 42 42 0 — — — Finland 5 6 0 2 4 0 — — — France 73 6 16 96 87 2 65 79 1 Georgia 17 17 0 17 17 0 10 17 0 Germany 122 114 12 89 83 6 61 87 18 Ghana 851 739 109 1,049 671 247 768 978 936 Gibraltar 3 3 0 6 6 0 — — — Greece 52 48 0 44 45 0 — — — Guatemala 23 23 0 16 16 0 — — — Guyana 73 83 8 115 116 3 59 102 13 Honduras 5 5 0 4 4 0 — Hungary 180 165 1 127 126 8 103 149 0 Iceland 5 5 0 1 1 0 — — — India 5,613 5,290 1,118 5,039 4,665 1,000 3,406 4,988 1,072 Indonesia 169 136 3 135 129 6 36 177 6 Iran 397 385 0 380 379 0 336 446 62 Ireland 134 120 0 126 95 7 33 41 17 Israel 210 209 1 196 186 0 — — — Italy 54 52 3 59 55 5 35 50 1 Ivory Coast 67 50 30 38 31 4 1 78 8 Jamaica 348 305 86 328 351 94 205 296 50 Japan 454 416 17 441 423 15 180 255 111 Jerusalem 57 50 2 76 39 1 5 13 0 Jordan 188 173 15 253 199 20 104 182 34 Kazakhstan 61 57 4 36 31 5 11 73 1 Kenya 1,419 1,229 36 1,437 1,063 30 727 1,574 158 Korea 57 56 1 62 60 0 — — — Kuwait 138 63 3 87 73 6 25 27 11 Latvia 53 52 1 50 47 2 37 65 3 Lebanon 115 101 3 147 135 12 69 95 7 Lesotho 11 10 0 4 3 0 — — — Libya 113 115 0 107 106 1 21 23 7 Lithuania 75 68 2 78 76 0 — — — Luxembourg 12 12 0 16 16 0 — — — Macedonian 1 1 0 1 1 0 49 59 13 Madagascar 7 4 3 7 6 1 — — — Malawi 66 57 0 89 79 2 0 0 0 Malaysia 525 532 9 328 512 8 242 444 12 Malta 161 161 0 164 148 1 — — — Mauritius 182 164 15 138 118 5 80 78 23 Mexico 80 80 0 86 85 0 54 104 1 Mongolia 6 6 0 4 4 0 — — — Morocco 343 291 20 368 351 24 307 404 45 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — Mozambique 15 15 0 12 13 0 — — — Namibia 20 18 2 10 9 0 — — — Nepal 74 59 7 100 94 3 86 75 22 Netherlands 128 119 8 115 Ill 2 73 115 0 New Zealand 1,989 1,922 2 2,075 1,918 4 698 1,836 1 Nicaragua 1 1 0 2 2 0 — — —
Settlement applications 1999 2000 2001 Country Receive Issued Refused Received Issued Refused Received Issued Refused Nigeria 165 126 9 125 96 19 87 146 67 Nigeria 1,379 667 366 1,108 1,228 248 629 1,077 348 Norway 8 0 0 14 14 0 2 4 0 Oman 70 70 0 57 55 1 7 12 1 Pakistan 10,840 6,649 2,643 10,515 12,042 2,094 6,564 9,753 3,579 Panama 6 6 0 6 6 0 — — — Papua New Guinea 15 14 0 93 94 5 — — — Peru 61 59 1 72 67 3 31 55 0 Philippines 808 737 44 879 647 42 525 732 71 Poland 307 299 6 309 292 109 203 298 2 Portugal 36 34 I 27 27 0 — — — Qatar 11 9 1 16 15 2 4 16 0 Romania 194 180 8 244 173 35 180 251 36 Russia 707 643 30 822 775 42 419 790 28 Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — Saudi Arabia 232 214 10 163 134 10 73 123 28 Senegal 48 27 21 29 26 0 14 17 3 Seychelles 22 22 0 26 26 0 — — — Sierra Leone 0 0 0 164 101 25 — — — Singapore 290 289 0 287 280 1 79 134 0 Slovak Republic 254 254 3 238 225 3 75 173 4 Solomon Islands 3 3 0 5 5 0 — — — South Africa 2,236 2,214 23 15 15 0 1,381 2,160 43 Spain 55 55 0 46 46 0 16 32 0 Sri Lanka 683 541 80 878 843 35 1,032 921 189 Sudan 22 22 0 96 94 27 63 80 39 Swaziland 7 7 0 9 9 0 — — — Sweden 20 20 0 11 9 0 8 6 0 Switzerland 143 131 2 129 127 1 47 86 5 Syria 170 129 12 142 73 14 361 185 45 Taiwan 54 54 0 61 61 0 37 52 9 Tanzania 148 118 12 169 134 23 43 130 19 Thailand 1,190 997 63 1,557 1,471 98 1,014 1,894 248 The Gambia 305 245 23 313 239 26 214 290 57 to Domingo 39 27 4 30 42 2 26 36 4 Tonga 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — Trinidad and Tobago 138 139 4 0 0 0 56 86 5 Tunisia 244 219 25 250 227 32 226 282 58 Turkey 1,052 754 128 1,325 836 39 556 941 78 Turkmenistan 5 5 0 10 10 0 — — — Uganda 108 86 15 254 170 40 314 388 135 Ukraine 171 157 5 336 327 6 256 373 27 United Arab Emirates 219 184 7 205 177 18 90 156 25 United States of America 2,793 2,688 17 2,722 2,637 4 1,298 2,321 9 Uruguay 7 7 0 3 3 0 — — — Uzbekistan 36 33 4 23 23 0 3 40 3 Vanuatu 5 5 0 4 4 0 — — — Venezuela 41 40 1 48 48 0 235 347 50 Vietnam 72 49 20 128 109 7 56 109 17 Yemen 309 197 54 317 289 92 205 345 74 Yugoslavia 23 22 1 110 100 0 41 58 3 Zambia 123 76 1 123 102 15 45 70 5 Zimbabwe 448 447 1 861 853 8 337 635 3 Total 79,469 63,819 10,734 79,342 77,105 10,033 47,165 72,131 14,531