The number of family visitor visa appeals that were received and granted by an adjudicator/immigration judge in each of the last six years is shown in the following table:
Appeal receipts Appeals allowed 2003-04 16,884 17,275 2004-05 30,643 112,384 2005-06 58,495 12,793 2006-07 50,065 24,638 2007-082 64,669 21,755 April to December 20082 50,009 16,143 1 Outcomes data were not published prior to April 2005. The allowed figures for 2003-04 and 2004-05 are estimates based on the distribution of outcomes from an alternative data source. 2 Data are provisional and subject to final reconciliation.