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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's policy is on diplomats intervening in UK visa application cases; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Lord Spellar (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2012

Reference

103826; 543 c1450W

House

House of Commons

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of applications for leave to remain as a student under Tier 4 of the Points Based System have been completed in under four weeks from the date biometric data is taken in the latest period...

Asked by

Caroline Lucas (Green Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 April 2012

Reference

105986; 543 c1086-7W

House

House of Commons

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what deadline her Department has set for completing the process of transferring to Sheffield all Tier 4 applications remaining in Croydon.

Asked by

Andrew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2012

Reference

104536; 543 c968-9W

House

House of Commons

Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time was for processing an application to extend a Tier 4 visa in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Andrew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2012

Reference

104537; 543 c969W

House

House of Commons

Asylum Seekers

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum applications were received last year; which were the top 10 countries from which asylum applicants arrived last year; how many of the total had entered the United Kingdom on a visa; what were the types of visa and numbers per type; and...

Asked by

Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

23 April 2012

The total number of asylum applications and the top 10 countries of nationality for asylum applications are shown in the table below. The top 10 countries from which the asylum applicants arrived are not available as they are not systematically recorded. Information on the visa status of those applying for asylum is not available, nor is whether the visa application had been rejected in the first instance. These figures can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Data on the number of asylum applications in 2011 that were refused asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave (i.e. on a cohort basis) are not currently available but are due to be published in Immigration Statistics on 30 August 2012. However, the table below provides the number of initial decisions to refuse asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave during 2011, which do not necessarily reflect applications made in the same period. Data on asylum and visa applications are available in the Asylum and Before Entry excel tables of the quarterly Immigration Statistics. The latest release of Immigration Statistics October-December 2011 is available in the Library of the House and the Home Office science website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/research-statistics/migration/migration-statistics1/

Top 10 asylum applicant nationalities and refusals, excluding dependants, 2011
			Number
		Asylum applications	Total refusals of asylum/HP/DL at initial decision
1	Iran	2,485	1,231
2	Pakistan	2,411	1,640
3	Sri Lanka	1,758	1,289
4	Afghanistan	1,271	993
5	Eritrea	810	243
6	China	777	579
7	Libya	721	483
8	Nigeria	714	546
9	Sudan	689	168
10	Bangladesh	612	395
	Other Nationalities	7,556	4,281
	Total	19,804	11,848

"Notes""Data for 2011 are provisional figures.""Total refusals information is based on initial decisions and do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions." "Data for 2011 are provisional figures.""Total refusals information is based on initial decisions and do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions." "Total refusals information is based on initial decisions and do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions."

Date

23 April 2012

Reference

16743; 736 c294-5WA

House

House of Lords

The work of the UK Border Agency (August-December 2011). Written evidence 27 March 2012.

Type

Select Committee written evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Home Affairs Committee

Date

27 March 2012

House

House of Commons

The work of the UK Border Agency (August-December 2011). Home Affairs Committee twenty-first report with formal minutes.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Home Affairs Committee

Notes

Held for 2 years in Research HA (Nov 12)

Date

27 March 2012

Reference

HC 1722 2010-12

House

House of Commons

Visas

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether visa applications for non-European Economic Area intra-company staff transfers to the United Kingdom permit allowances to be counted towards the national minimum wage; if so, whether there are any limits to the allowances so counted; whether those allowances are exempt from income tax; and...

Asked by

Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 March 2012

Reference

16497; 736 c224WA

House

House of Lords

Visas

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the immigration rule reintroducing visas for spouses under the age of 21 following the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Quila and Bibi v Secretary of State for the Home Department was made; how many applications for such visas have since been lodged...

Asked by

Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

26 March 2012

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in R(on the application of Quila and another) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45 on 12 October 2011, the Immigration Rules reinstating a minimum age of 18 to those applying for entry clearance or leave as the spouse or partner, and to their British citizen or settled sponsor, came into effect on 28 November 2011. For the period 12 October 2011 to 31 December 2011, applications for entry clearance for visa applicants aged 18 to 20 years are included in the following table. This information is based on management information, it is therefore provisional and subject to change.

Period: 12 October 2011-31 December 2011
Applications Received	Refused	Appeals Received
103	12	18

Date

26 March 2012

Reference

16498; 736 c224-6WA

House

House of Lords

Visas

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visas were issued in 2011 for non-European Economic Area workers on intra-company transfers, and whether they regard those workers as (1) habitually resident in the United Kingdom, and (2) eligible for free health treatment; and using a median salary of £40,000 how much...

Asked by

Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

22 March 2012

There were 29,677 visas issued to main applicants from non-EEA nationalities under the points-based system (PBS) tier 2—intra-company transfer (ICT) route in 2011. Table be.04 of the Home Office statistical release ““Immigration Statistics”” includes data on the number of out of country visas issued under the tier 2 intra-company transfer route. The latest release of Immigration Statistics (October-December 2011) is available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science, research and statistics web pages at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/research-statistics/migration/migration-statistics1/. The term habitual residence is used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) when considering applications for income related benefits. Those workers here under the ICT route do not have recourse to public funds and are subject to minimum salary requirements. As such, under the DWP definition, none of those using the ICT route would be regarded as ““habitually resident”” for benefit purposes. The charging regulations in force across the UK exempt people working here for UK-based business from hospital charges if they are here, or expect to be here, for over 12 months. Such workers have free access to the NHS. We do not have information on the amount of revenue foregone by the exclusion from the requirement for employer or employee national insurance contributions. I refer to Answers previously given on 10 Jan 2012 (col. WA 58), 13 July 2011 (col. WA 189), 2 December 2010 (col. WA 484) and 16 November 2010 (col. WA 196), which explained why non-EEA workers are allowed a 52-week exemption from national insurance contributions (which includes employer contributions).

Date

22 March 2012

Reference

16385; 736 c193-4WA

House

House of Lords

Immigration Rules

My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Damian Green) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: My right honourable Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of changes in the Immigration Rules, which implement the next phase of our reforms to the...

Member

Lord Henley (Conservative)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

15 March 2012

Reference

736 c35-6WS

House

House of Lords

Immigration Rules

My right hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a statement of changes in the immigration rules, which implement the next phase of our reforms to the immigration system. The student reforms, originally proposed in our student visas consultation which ran from December 2010 to January...

Member

Damian Green (Conservative)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

15 March 2012

Reference

542 c41-2WS

House

House of Commons

Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order

Laid by

Secretary Theresa May

Department

Home Office

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

13 March 2012

Reference

SI 2012/771

House

House of Lords; House of Commons

Visas

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and I will inform the Governments of Syria, Libya and Egypt that we will...

Member

Lord Henley (Conservative)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

13 March 2012

Reference

736 c18WS

House

House of Lords

Transit Visa Requirements (Syrian, Libyan and Egyptian Nationals)

Today my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and I will inform the Governments of Syria, Libya and Egypt that we will be introducing a change to the transit visa regime for the citizens of Syria, Libya and Egypt travelling to the United Kingdom....

Member

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Department

Home Office

Type

Written statements

Date

13 March 2012

Reference

542 c14WS

House

House of Commons

Entry Clearances

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's policy is on charging representatives of Chernobyl children's charities for visas to enter the UK.

Asked by

Laurence Robertson (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2012

Reference

99146; 542 c13W

House

House of Commons

Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2012

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Damian Green

Answering member

Chris Bryant

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on delegated legislation; Delegated Legislation Committee proceedings

Committee

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee

Date

12 March 2012

House

House of Commons

Visas: Tripoli

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time is for an application for a British visa from the British embassy in Tripoli.

Asked by

Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 2012

Reference

541 c526W; 97965

House

House of Commons

Tourism: UK Visas

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that United Kingdom tourist visa application forms are available for completion in foreign languages, including Mandarin, in time for the expected influx of visitors for the Olympics.

Asked by

Baroness Valentine (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2012

Reference

15686; 735 c322-3WA

House

House of Lords

NHS: Overseas Students

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures officials of the Department of Health, the Home Office, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are considering for increasing from two years the arrangements for in-house NHS training in the United Kingdom of graduate medical students from (1) countries in the Middle East...

Asked by

Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2012

Reference

15601; 735 c294WA

House

House of Lords

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