Written question asked by Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Malloch-Brown (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 March 2008.

Immigration: Georgia

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:How many applications have been received from applicants within Georgia by nationality for visas for access to the United Kingdom within each of the last three years.

Answer: In the three years from January 2005 to December 2007, a total of 13,982 visa applications were received by our embassy in Tbilisi. The breakdown by year is as follows: 2005—4,164 applications, of which 4,055 were received from Georgian nationals and 109 from other nationalities; 2006—4,610 applications, of which 4,467 were received from Georgian nationals and 143 from other nationalities; and 2007—5,208 applications, of which 5,059 were received from Georgian nationals and 149 from other nationalities. Of the non-Georgians, applications were received from nationals of some 38 other countries. The largest number of applications, though small in comparison with many of those to our other embassies, came from nationals of Armenia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey.

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