Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2006. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Thursday, 12 January 2006 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Visas

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of visa applicants were fingerprinted in November 2005.

Answer: I have been asked to reply.The total number of visa applications received at our visa issuing missions overseas in November 2005 was 172,588. Of these, approximately 5,933 applicants were fingerprinted. This represents a figure of 3.44 per cent.Fingerprinting of applicants is currently undertaken for applications received in Kinshasa, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Kampala, Kigali, Asmara, Dar Es Salaam, Nairobi, Amsterdam, Colombo, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh.

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