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Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 February 2006. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Thursday, 16 February 2006 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Visas

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many successful appeals there were on visa refusal decisions by (a) Nigerian, (b) Pakistani, (c) Ghanaian, (d) Australian and (e) United States nationals in each of the last five years.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The Department for Constitutional Affairs, which has responsibility for the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT), has provided the figures in the table for the number of successful entry clearance appeals by Nigerian, Pakistani and Ghanaian nationals for the period 4 April—30 September 2005.

Nationality Successful appeals
Nigerian 30
Pakistani 90
Ghanaian 44

Figures are only available for this period because prior to the AIT being created on 4 April 2005, the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) did not categorise figures for entry clearance appeals separately.Figures for Australian and United States nationals are not available because the AIT's reports on promulgation by nationality of the appellant, only concentrates on the top 20 countries.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c2362-3W;442 c2362-3W; 50662
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Appeals Australia Entry clearances Pakistan Visas USA Nigeria Ghana
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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