Aug. 24 2023
Source Page: Visas and citizenship data: Q2 2023Found: Visas and citizenship data: Q2 2023
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Visas and citizenship data: Q4 2023Found: Visas and citizenship data: Q4 2023
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the process for issuing exit visas to Eritrean nationals with UK visas.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
Border Force do not issue exit visas.
Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) However, they are repeatedly being refused visas for their children. - Speech Link
2: None The issue I want to dig into in my remarks is the question about visas that were issued for jobs that - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) The changes the Government have made regarding access to and cost of visas, including family visas, have - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Building on that, we added care workers to the shortage occupation list and health and care visas on - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) In March 2023, 477,931 sponsored study visas were granted to main applicants, which was 22% more than - Speech Link
2: Lord Murray of Blidworth (CON - Life peer) It is clear that the students who have these visas are entitled to work for 20 hours a week, the dependants - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) humanitarian routes like Ukraine, Hong Kong and Afghanistan, as well as growth in health and social care visas - Speech Link
Asked by: Sam Tarry (Labour - Ilford South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Oral Statement of 4 December 2023, official report, column 41, what his timescale is for issuing guidance on changes to visa requirements to UK Visas and Immigration staff.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The changes announced by the Home Secretary will be introduced in the spring and internal guidance will be issued to UK Visas and Immigration staff in due course.
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) overseas care workers bringing dependent family members with them, raised the minimum income for family visas - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) The Statement refers to the minimum income requirement for family visas, which we will be debating the - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Skilled Worker visas were issued to people classified as new entrants eligible for employment at reduced minimum salary thresholds in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Home Office publishes data on sponsored work visas by occupation in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on work visas granted, by occupation, are published in table Occ_D02 of the sponsored work visas by occupation and industry dataset. Applications classified as ‘new entrants’ form a subset of this dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2023 Q4.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) The number of applications for student dependant visas has fallen by 80% since our changes came into - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) student visas are down 24%. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Home Office has stated that a crackdown on visas has led to an 80% fall in skilled worker visas. - Speech Link