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Visas

Answer

The information requested is given in the table below:

Entry clearance visa cases resolved in 2015 by nationality:visitor visas (including dependants).
			of which
	Country of nationality	Resolved/Decisions	Granted	% Granted
	All nationalities	2,225,339	1,914,072	86%
	of which
	China	421,302	397,764	94%
	India	411,576	367,243	89%
	Nigeria	131,540	88,367	67%
	Russia	114,383	109,717	96%
	Saudi Arabia	104,555	103,534	99%
	Turkey	96,824	89,665	93%
	South Africa	92,274	90,788	98%
	Pakistan	90,414	44,989	50%
	Kuwait	87,484	86,991	99%
	Thailand	61,790	58,000	94%
	Egypt	40,830	32,869	81%
	Philippines	40,315	35,867	89%
	Ukraine	34,659	27,671	80%
	Indonesia	33,253	31,911	96%
	Ghana	26,533	15,251	57%
	Sri Lanka	24,199	17,722	73%
	Colombia	23,413	22,636	97%
	Bangladesh	21,713	9,389	43%
	Algeria	21,290	14,851	70%
	Lebanon	17,750	14,930	84%
	Kenya	14,997	12,822	85%
	Morocco	14,827	13,115	88%
	Jordan	14,371	11,897	83%
	Iran	14,255	8,152	57%
	Vietnam	13,674	11,822	86%
	Kazakhstan	12,988	12,429	96%
	Serbia	11,896	10,858	91%
	Bahrain	10,955	10,778	98%
	Zimbabwe	9,884	6,287	64%
	Venezuela	9,873	8,823	89%
	Iraq	9,419	2,717	29%
	Belarus	9,101	8,577	94%
	Qatar	8,288	8,238	99%
	Azerbaijan	7,377	6,813	92%
	Nepal	7,292	5,235	72%
	United Arab Emirates	7,263	7,240	100%
	Jamaica	7,101	4,995	70%
	Albania	6,732	4,681	70%
	Peru	6,696	6,372	95%
	Sudan	6,183	2,414	39%
	Uganda	5,968	4,041	68%
	Tunisia	5,738	4,871	85%
	Georgia	5,362	4,169	78%
	Refugee	5,290	3,702	70%
	Syria	4,941	1,266	26%
	Tanzania	4,796	4,141	86%
	Kosovo	4,416	3,116	71%
	Cameroon	4,094	2,771	68%
	Occupied Palestinian Territories	3,835	2,224	58%
	Angola	3,665	2,697	74%
	Zambia	3,586	3,010	84%
	Ecuador	3,423	3,207	94%
	Ethiopia	3,142	2,238	71%
	Macedonia	3,134	2,739	87%
	Congo (Democratic Republic)	2,961	1,457	49%
	Uzbekistan	2,778	2,076	75%
	Yemen	2,711	689	25%
	Libya	2,627	1,121	43%
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,550	2,156	85%
	Gambia, The	2,544	1,063	42%
	Burma	2,505	1,926	77%
	Sierra Leone	2,452	1,545	63%
	Afghanistan	2,393	981	41%
	Armenia	2,356	2,237	95%
*	United States	2,065	1,500	73%
	Ivory Coast	1,998	1,346	67%
	Other and unknown	1,986	1,387	70%
	Cuba	1,847	1,558	84%
	Senegal	1,665	1,016	61%
	Mongolia	1,664	1,407	85%
	Dominican Republic	1,655	1,524	92%
	Malawi	1,618	1,316	81%
	Oman	1,256	1,235	98%
	Moldova	1,246	920	74%
	Cambodia	1,042	832	80%
	Montenegro	1,027	944	92%
	Fiji	1,004	878	87%
	Bolivia	984	901	92%
	Mozambique	975	852	87%
	Guyana	909	734	81%
*	Hong Kong	881	771	88%
	Kyrgyzstan	877	724	83%
	Turkmenistan	823	692	84%
	Rwanda	813	668	82%
*	Australia	740	627	85%
	Guinea	649	372	57%
	Congo	624	392	63%
	Eritrea	583	221	38%
*	Brazil	565	422	75%
	Laos	490	407	83%
*	Canada	444	353	80%
	Benin	407	275	68%
	Madagascar	393	344	88%
	Mali	388	260	67%
	Togo	341	217	64%
	Somalia	338	129	38%
	Liberia	330	218	66%
	Swaziland	318	294	92%
*	Japan	306	274	90%
	Tajikistan	306	238	78%
	Gabon	302	249	82%
	Burkina	295	233	79%
	Haiti	265	230	87%
*	Malaysia	264	208	79%
	Comoros	262	199	76%
	Sudan (South)	248	166	67%
*	Korea (South)	237	217	92%
	Lesotho	232	212	91%
	Cyprus	225	136	60%
	Taiwan	217	203	94%
	Stateless	214	151	71%
*	New Zealand	208	163	78%
	Djibouti	182	106	58%
	Burundi	181	123	68%
	Mauritania	172	147	85%
*	Mexico	143	109	76%
	Bhutan	126	113	90%
	Chad	124	91	73%
	Niger	124	85	69%
	Surinam	120	108	90%
	Guinea-Bissau	115	58	50%
	Cape Verde	107	67	63%
*	Israel	105	72	69%
	Other nationalities	778	515	66%
Grand Total	2,225,339	1,914,072	86%
Notes
*Non-visa national. Such nationalities do not normally require a visa to enter the UK as a visitor for stays of less than 6 months
Proportion of visitor visas granted relate to visas for which a decision was made in 2015, and may include cases where applications were made in 2014
Data based on nationality as recorded; data shown for nationalites with at least 100 cases decided
Source:
Immigration Statistics January-March 2016, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q
and corresponding datasets.

The proportion granted varies by nationality reflecting a number of factors, including the evidence submitted in individual applications, whether applicants are eligible, and UKVI’s assessment of whether an applicant is a genuine visitor. Detailed information on how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

39999

Session

2016-17

Subjects

Overseas visitors Visas

Contains statistics

Yes

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