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Written question asked by David Ward (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 10 April 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 April 2013. It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 on behalf of the Home Office.

Entry Clearances

Question

(3) how many successful visa applications under the new family migration rules have been accepted from (a) Bradford, (b) Yorkshire and Humber, (c) London and (d) the UK since July 2012.

[151289]

Mr Ward:

Answer

Entry clearance visa applications are made from outside the UK. The available information relates to the total number of visas issued and does not provide a breakdown by the location of the visa applicant's sponsor. The numbers issued are given in the following table:

Entry clearance visas issued by category
2010
 2011
 2012
Category
 Q1
 Q2
 Q3
 Q4
 Q1
 Q2
 Q3
 Q4
 Q1
 Q2
 Q3
 Q4
Total family route
 12,968
 12,587
 13,720
 14,438
 12,023
 10,005
 13,163
 10,532
 10,885
 10,703
 10,030
 9,307
Of which:
Family route: Partner
 9,080
 8,939
 9,571
 10,824
 8,555
 7,041
 9,870
 8,030
 8,021
 7,986
 7,636
 6,800
Family route: Partner (for settlement)
 674
 495
 529
 354
 309
 392
 397
 238
 318
 306
 241
 233
Family route: Child
 23
 30
 29
 25
 21
 33
 26
 17
 19
 11
 26
 22
Family route: Child (for settlement)
 1,248
 1,446
 1,579
 1,318
 1,340
 1,088
 1,220
 948
 1,106
 1,117
 934
 848
Family route: Other
 1,091
 1,075
 1,367
 1,354
 1,324
 920
 1,131
 931
 922
 871
 791
 1,127
Family route: Other (for settlement)
 852
 602
 645
 563
 474
 531
 519
 368
 499
 412
 402
 277
Source:
Immigration Statistics, October-December 2012, table be.04.q

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
151289; 561 c398W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Families Entry clearances Migration
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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