Visas
(asked on 23rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times in each of the last five years have immigration officers refused permission for a short-term visitor visa on the grounds that they have not been satisfied that the applicant intends to leave the UK at the end of the period being applied for, without giving the applicant the opportunity to provide additional information.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Border Force does not hold the data in the requested format. Published data on refusals can be found at :
Table vi_01_q: Entry clearance visa applications and resolution by category
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Quarter | Applicant type | Category | Applications |
| Granted | % | Refused | % | Withdrawn | Lapsed |
2017 Q1 | Main applicant | Visitors | 466,782 | 440,069 | 382,392 | 87% | 56,934 | 13% | 734 | 9 |
2017 Q1 | Dependant | Visitors | 41,900 | 39,630 | 35,018 | 88% | 4,519 | 11% | 93 | 0 |
2017 Q2 | Main applicant | Visitors | 722,866 | 694,142 | 621,701 | 90% | 70,927 | 10% | 1,498 | 16 |
2017 Q2 | Dependant | Visitors | 122,499 | 112,339 | 104,414 | 93% | 7,702 | 7% | 220 | 3 |
2017 Q3 | Main applicant | Visitors | 535,737 | 580,486 | 510,720 | 88% | 67,906 | 12% | 1,848 | 12 |
2017 Q3 | Dependant | Visitors | 44,330 | 59,635 | 53,532 | 90% | 5,967 | 10% | 136 | 0 |
2017 Q4 | Main applicant | Visitors | 417,610 | 421,871 | 359,120 | 85% | 61,777 | 15% | 970 | 4 |
2017 Q4 | Dependant | Visitors | 34,005 | 34,154 | 29,480 | 86% | 4,569 | 13% | 103 | 2 |
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2017 | 2,382,326 | 2,096,377 | 88% | 280,301 | 12% | 5,602 | 46 |