Visas: Sri Lanka
(asked on 20th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of visit visa applications was from Sri Lanka in 2015; and how many such applications were refused.
This question was answered on 27th April 2016
The information requested is as follows:
Applications: 16745
Issued : 10940
Refused : 5785
*These figures are based on Management Information, not published statistics, and are therefore liable to change.
*These figures relate to all visit visa applications made via the Visa Application Centre in Columbo, Sri Lanka, in 2015. It will therefore incorporate applicants other than Sri Lankan nationals.
*Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.