Immigration
(asked on 5th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have entered the UK as a result of successful family reunion applications in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
The available relevant data are provided below for the number of individuals granted entry clearance visas to the UK for family reunion back to 2005. However, the grant of a visa does not necessarily mean that a person has actually entered the UK.
Entry clearance visas granted for family reunion
Year | Granted |
2005 | 7,731 |
2006 | 5,277 |
2007 | 4,497 |
2008 | 3,632 |
2009 | 4,209 |
2010 | 4,887 |
2011 | 4,306 |
2012 | 3,671 |
2013 | 4,126 |
2014 | 4,541 |
Source: | |
The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics