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Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

Answer

The available figures on non-EEA students given leave to enter the United Kingdom and those granted an extension of leave to remain can be found in the yearly Command Paper ““Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom”” This publication may be obtained from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html."The following table shows the proportion of applications for extension of leave to remain that were granted in respect of non-EEA students in 2006. Tables for previous years can be produced only at a disproportionate cost.

Decisions on applications for an extension of leave to remain¹ in the United Kingdom, excluding EEA and Swiss nationals, 2006²: Students
Number of decisions
		of which:
Country of nationality	Total decisions	Grant of extension	Percentage of total	Refusal of extension	Percentage of total
Albania	155	145	94.8	10	5.2
Algeria	200	195	98.0	5	2.0
Angola	165	160	95.8	5	4.2
Argentina	110	95	86.1	15	13.9
Australia	210	195	92.9	15	7.1
Bangladesh	4,525	4,400	97.2	125	2.8
Belarus	360	350	97.5	10	2.5
Bolivia	820	755	91.9	65	8.1
Botswana	190	150	80.9	35	19.1
Brazil	4,615	4,215	91.3	400	8.7
Bulgaria	190	170	91.0	15	9.0
Cameroon	570	545	95.1	30	4.9
Canada	335	320	95.5	15	4.5
Chile	110	105	92.8	10	7.2
China (Peoples Republic of)	25,105	24,695	98.4	410	1.6
Colombia	1,885	1,840	97.8	40	2.2
Ecuador	135	130	94.2	10	5.8
Egypt	165	160	97.6	5	2.4
Gambia	1,005	925	92.1	80	7.9
Georgia	540	520	96.3	20	3.7
Ghana	3,990	3,700	92.7	290	7.3
Grenada	110	90	81.3	20	18.8
Guinea	220	205	94.1	15	5.9
Guyana	105	95	90.7	10	9.3
Hong Kong	980	895	91.5	85	8.5
India	13,880	13,575	97.8	305	2.2
Indonesia	285	275	96.1	10	3.9
Iran	1,290	1,250	96.7	40	3.3
Israel	270	250	92.3	20	7.7
Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire)	645	620	96.0	25	4.0
Jamaica	3,755	3,180	84.7	575	15.3
Japan	1,775	1,730	97.5	45	2.5
Jordan	260	250	95.8	10	4.2
Kazakhstan	130	125	98.4	*	1.6
Kenya	1,300	1,220	93.6	85	6.4
Korea (South)	3,300	3,215	97.4	85	2.6
Kyrgyzstan	190	175	93.7	10	6.3
Lebanon	175	170	95.5	10	4.5
Libya	1,230	1,185	96.5	45	3.5
Malawi	1,505	1,225	81.3	280	18.7
Malaysia	3,460	3,000	86.8	455	13.2
Mauritius	4,930	4,075	82.6	860	17.4
Mexico	420	395	93.1	30	6.9
Moldova	195	190	96.4	5	3.6
Mongolia	370	365	97.8	10	2.2
Myanmar	895	870	97.4	25	2.6
Namibia	890	750	84.3	140	15.7
Nepal	1,375	1,335	96.9	40	3.1
Nigeria	8,045	7,680	95.4	370	4.6
Pakistan	14,030	13,750	98.0	280	2.0
Peru	230	220	94.0	15	6.0
Philippines	315	280	88.6	35	11.4
Romania	170	155	90.6	15	9.4
Russia	1,220	1,200	98.3	20	1.7
Saudi Arabia	680	675	98.7	10	1.3
Sierra Leone	585	525	90.1	60	9.9
Singapore	165	155	94.5	10	5.5
South Africa	3,305	2,735	82.8	570	17.2
Sri Lanka	3,125	2,965	94.9	160	5.1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	135	110	82.4	25	17.6
St. Lucia	265	230	87.8	30	12.2
Sudan	150	145	95.3	5	4.7
Syria	665	650	97.4	15	2.6
Taiwan	1,220	1,205	98.8	15	1.2
Tanzania	1,010	925	91.8	85	8.2
Thailand	1,855	1,825	98.3	30	1.7
Trinidad And Tobago	600	495	82.3	105	17.7
Turkey	2,600	2,545	98.0	50	2.0
Turkmenistan	315	300	96.2	10	3.8
Uganda	1,755	1,630	92.9	125	7.1
Ukraine	815	775	95.3	40	4.7
United States of America	755	720	95.1	35	4.9
Uzbekistan	1,100	1,080	98.2	20	1.8
Venezuela	400	360	90.3	40	9.7
Vietnam	480	470	98.3	10	1.7
Yemen	140	135	96.4	5	3.6
Zambia	695	620	89.0	75	11.0
Zimbabwe	3,445	2,890	83.9	555	16.1
Others³	2,415	2,220	92.0	190	8.0
All nationalities	142,115	134,240	94.5	7,875	5.5
¹ Excludes dependants of principal applicant and withdrawn applications.
² Provisional and subject to change.
³ Those countries of nationality showing less than 100 decisions.
Note:
Data rounded to the nearest five, therefore the figures may not sum to the totals shown.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

479 c1559-62W; 177397

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Overseas students Visas

Link

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