Visas
(asked on 26th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 November (HL3549), how many of the family reunion visas scheduled were granted on the basis of exceptional compelling compassionate circumstances outside the Immigration Rules, broken down by country and year.
This question was answered on 2nd December 2015
The number of applications for Family Reunion Visas that were subsequently issued Outside of the Immigration Rules can be found in the table below.
It is not possible to give a breakdown by country or nationality.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total |
Number of applications granted outside the rules | 77 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 137 |