To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outstanding immigration applications there are at Lunar house from (a) students, (b) family members in the United Kingdom applying for variation of stay, (c) settlement entry clearance applications referred from overseas posts and (d) asylum seekers; and what are the average times applicants in each category might expect to wait before a decision.
The available information is that at the end of June 1993 there were in total about 16,700 cases in the general immigration caseworking groups— including referred entry clearance applications—the majority of which were under consideration or the subject of further inquiries, and about 46,300 cases in the asylum and special cases division.The estimated average length of time between the receipt of an application and the decision, for cases decided in caseworking groups and the public inquiry offices, in the first quarter of 1993, was one and a half months for students and 20 months for asylum applications. The latter figure reflects the increase in staffing in the asylum and special cases division which has enabled work to proceed on the resolution of older and more complex cases. Information on average waiting times for family members in the United Kingdom for variation of leave and for settlement entry clearance applications referred from overseas posts is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) British nationals and (b) holders of certificates of identity from Hong Kong have been admitted to the United Kingdom in each quarter
Admissions to the United Kingdom of BDTCs and BN(O)s from Hong Kong | ||||||
1992 | 19931 | |||||
Admission category | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | Year | January, February |
Visitors: | ||||||
Ordinary | 7,700 | 12,300 | 22,000 | 7,030 | 49,100 | 5,220 |
Business | 1,590 | 1,470 | 1,610 | 1,450 | 6,120 | 1,090 |
Students | 490 | 500 | 7,290 | 940 | 9,230 | 470 |
Husbands and fiancés2 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 60 | |
Wives and fiancées2 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 140 | 20 |
Parents and grandparents2 | 10 | — | 10 | — | ||
Children2 | 20 | 30 | 100 | 10 | 170 | 10 |
5 or fewer. | ||||||
1 Provisional figures. | ||||||
2 Seeking, or accepted for, settlement in the United Kingdom. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (a) single entry and (b) multiple entry visit visas were (i) received, (ii) granted and (iii) refused at each post in the Indian sub-continent, Ghana, Nigeria, the Philippines and Jamaica in each quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993; and what was the delay between application and interview for those whose applications were felt to need a
Applications received for single entry and multiple entry visit visas and the numbers granted, refused and those interviewed on a date subsequent to the date of application in specified posts in 1992 | ||||
Applications | ||||
Received1 | Granted | Refused | Number not interviewed on day of application | |
Islamabad | ||||
single entry | 30,036 | 19,099 | 8,393 | 1,389 |
multiple entry | 8,192 | 6,295 | 43 | |
Karachi | ||||
single entry | 14,736 | 11,244 | 2,256 | 1,951 |
multiple entry | 8,082 | 7,516 | 308 | |
New Delhi | ||||
single entry | 25,879 | 19,852 | 2,938 | 0 |
multiple entry | 11,326 | 10,764 | 43 | |
Bombay | ||||
single entry | 17,943 | 14,661 | 3,291 | 0 |
multiple entry | 16,488 | 15,890 | 363 | |
Calcutta | ||||
single entry | 3,574 | 3,346 | 175 | 109 |
multiple entry | 3,304 | 2,950 | 24 | |
Madras | ||||
single entry | 4,709 | 4,499 | 207 | 0 |
multiple entry | 4,485 | 4,443 | 25 | |
Colombo | ||||
single entry | 6,382 | 4,734 | 1,054 | 0 |
multiple entry | 2,037 | 1,995 | 15 | |
Dhaka | ||||
single entry | 10,207 | 7,606 | 2,751 | 0 |
multiple entry | 2,985 | 2,985 | 0 |
since January 1992 as (i) persons of independent means, (ii) self-employed persons, (iii) business people, (iv) visitors, (v) students, (vi) husbands and fiancées, (vii) wives and fiancées and (viii) other dependent relatives.
The available information for British dependent territories citizens and British nationals (overseas) from Hong Kong is given in the table. Data on admissions of holders of certificates of identity from Hong Kong are not available.second or long interview at each of the above posts in (1) June 1992, (2) January 1993 and (3) June 1993 or the nearest available date.
Only annual data are available centrally for single visit and multiple entry visit visas and the only information available on the delay between application and interview is of the number of people not interviewed on the day of application.The available information for 1992 is given in the table.
Applications
| ||||
Received1
| Granted
| Refused
| Number not interviewed on day of application
| |
Accra | ||||
single entry | 11,664 | 6,901 | 4,844 | 0 |
multiple entry | 4,464 | 4,135 | 49 | |
Lagos | ||||
single entry | 27,717 | 15,632 | 9,959 | 0 |
multiple entry | 17,715 | 14,447 | 724 | |
Kaduna | ||||
single entry | 4,878 | 3,194 | 1,509 | 0 |
multiple entry | 1,913 | 1,827 | 42 | |
Manila | ||||
single entry | 10,066 | 8,970 | 994 | 0 |
multiple entry | 2,509 | 2,314 | 80 | |
Kingston | ||||
single entry | 2,527 | 1,897 | 652 | 0 |
multiple entry | 103 | 103 | 0 | |
1 These will include cases dealt with in a later period and also those subsequently withdrawn. |