Visas: Pakistan
(asked on 9th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from Pakistan for applicants wishing to visit the UK were (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
The number of visitor visa applications received, granted and refused from Pakistani nationals for the years 2012 to 2015 is set out in the table below:
Entry clearance visitor visa applications and resolutions (grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed) | |||||||
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| Applications | Resolved | of which | ||||
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| Granted | % | Refused | % | Withdrawn or lapsed |
2012 | 85,500 | 87,172 | 54,768 | 63% | 32,115 | 37% | 289 |
2013 | 85,749 | 88,901 | 61,578 | 69% | 27,102 | 30% | 221 |
2014 | 87,541 | 89,709 | 57,117 | 64% | 32,332 | 36% | 260 |
2015 | 90,066 | 90,414 | 44,989 | 50% | 45,222 | 50% | 203 |
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Source: | |||||||
Immigration Statistics October - December 2015, Home Office, tables vi_01_q, and corresponding datasets. | |||||||
Notes. Some applications made in a particular year may be resolved (granted, refused, withdrawn or lapsed) in a subsequent year. For this reason the grant and refusal rates are calculated as proportions of the total resolved cases in each year, not the total applications. | |||||||