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Entry Clearances: Tourists

Volume 493: debated on Thursday 11 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many tourist visas were issued to persons of each nationality in each of the last four years; how many such visas were issued to children; and what estimate she has made of the number of such children who overstayed their visa. (269160)

The number of tourist visas issued to each nationality in each of the calendar years 2005-08, including the number issued to persons under the age of 18, is shown in the following tables. I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 20 April 2009, Official Report, columns 175-76W.

Other visit vitas issued 2005-08 by nationality

2005

2006

Nationality

Over 18

Under 18

Total

Over 18

Under 18

Total

Afghanistan

804

175

979

1,035

320

1,355

Albania

3,354

485

3,839

2,777

485

3,262

Algeria

5,661

446

6,107

6,238

1,027

7,265

Andorra

2

2

4

4

Angola

2,499

308

2,807

2,332

304

2,636

Antigua and Barbuda

5

1

6

4

1

6

Argentina

35

35

24

24

Armenia

1,114

74

1,188

1,130

95

1,225

Australia

298

3

301

365

365

Austria

3

1

4

Azerbaijan

2 930

252

3,182

3,498

265

3,763

Bahamas

2

2

3

1

4

Bahrain

4,437

1,317

6,754

5,081

1,585

6,666

Bangladesh

9,756

1,618

11,374

8,767

2,514

11,281

Barbados

17

3

20

18

18

Belarus

3,612

3,582

7,194

4,040

3,946

7,986

Belgium

3

3

1

1

Belize

4

4

2

1

3

Benin

373

27

400

371

34

405

Bermuda

Bhutan

116

4

120

87

4

91

Bolivia

34

34

74

8

82

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2,353

198

2,551

2,260

243

2,503

Botswana

76

7

83

119

22

141

Brazil

301

21

322

347

13

360

British Citizen

36

1

37

25

3

28

British National Overseas

36

36

30

30

British Overseas Citizen

6

6

9

9

British Protected Person

4

4

British Subject

7

7

2

2

Brunei

7

7

1

1

Bulgaria

13,715

939

14,654

14,676

1,349

16,025

Burkina

174

6

180

211

18

229

Burma (Myanmar)

665

40

705

524

89

613

Burundi

149

25

174

136

18

154

Cambodia

138

15

153

220

41

261

Cameroon

2,697

208

2,905

2,856

327

3,183

Canada

226

1

227

249

2

251

Cape Verde

114

10

124

142

14

156

Central African Republic

41

5

46

71

7

78

Chad

97

5

102

78

7

85

Chile

370

9

379

225

22

247

China

74 897

7,427

82,324

94,073

11,220

105,293

Colombia

10,111

1,239

11,350

10,287

1,821

12,108

Comoros

26

26

24

24

Congo

649

115

764

706

172

878

Costa Rica

1

1

7

2

9

Croatia

11,240

996

12,236

2,064

67

2,131

Cuba

1,358

44

1,402

1,632

50

1,682

Cyprus

261

74

335

397

240

637

Czech Republic

9

9

735

21

756

Democratic Republic of Congo

2,320

632

2,952

2,154

642

2,796

Denmark

2

2

Dependant Territory

Djibouti

161

29

190

132

12

144

Dominica

4

1

5

8

3

11

Dominican Republic

1,336

136

1,472

1,170

139

1,309

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

1

1

2

3

3

Ecuador

2,133

185

2,318

2,396

324

2,720

Egypt

18,973

2,183

21,156

20,282

2,506

22,788

El Salvador

16

2

18

9

9

Equatorial Guinea

194

10

204

183

5

188

Eritrea

458

57

515

417

90

507

Estonia

92

9

101

162

26

188

Ethiopia

2,779

284

3,063

1,829

157

1,986

Fiji

741

65

806

612

71

683

Finland

8

4

12

France

9

1

10

21

4

25

Gabon

309

29

338

319

41

360

Gambia

2,322

397

2,719

1,992

485

2,477

Georgia

2,231

130

2,361

2,637

219

2,856

Germany

5

5

4

4

Ghana

11,942

1,709

13,651

10,807

2,372

13,179

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

6

6

8

8

Guatemala

7

1

8

17

17

Guinea

919

115

1,034

925

96

1,021

Guinea-Bissau

75

8

83

124

19

143

Guyana

1,764

304

2,068

1,921

399

2,320

Haiti

245

22

267

218

10

228

Honduras

7

7

17

17

Hong Kong

214

13

227

232

19

251

Hungary

521

42

563

363

33

396

Iceland

5

5

India

169,722

19,137

188,859

191,902

29,431

221,333

Indonesia

11,025

1,233

12,258

11,500

1,418

12,918

Iran

13 401

1,362

14,763

15,438

3,678

19,116

Iraq

4,388

504

4,892

4,341

877

5,218

Ireland

3

3

5

4

9

Israel

147

6

153

101

6

107

Italy

4

4

3

3

Ivory Coast

1,318

143

1,461

1,414

211

1,625

Jamaica

3,548

210

3,758

3,527

635

4,162

Japan

551

4

555

687

5

692

Jordan

8,068

955

9,023

8,597

1,240

9,837

Kazakhstan

10,998

896

11,894

16,225

3,260

19,485

Kenya

5,610

440

6,050

5,709

1,272

6,981

Korea (North)

17

1

18

13

3

16

Kosovo

Kuwait

29,005

10,223

39,228

28,696

10,844

39,540

Kyrgyzstan

789

44

833

1,043

112

1,155

Laos

75

7

82

69

6

75

Latvia

125

6

131

108

17

125

Lebanon

7,933

650

8,583

8,108

965

9,073

Lesotho

2

2

6

1

7

Liberia

344

20

364

284

24

308

Libya

5,242

935

6,177

4,663

1,247

5,910

Lithuania

24

7

31

16

1

17

Luxembourg

Macau

8

1

9

8

8

Macedonia

1,623

89

1,712

1,861

175

2,036

Madagascar

257

11

268

278

16

294

Malawi

117

16

133

1,008

165

1,173

Malaysia

105

3

108

78

6

84

Maldives

8

3

11

3

1

4

Mali

436

29

465

550

48

598

Malta

1

1

Marshall Islands

2

2

Mauritania

264

10

274

272

32

304

Mauritius

338

48

386

763

108

871

Mexico

581

70

651

665

38

703

Micronesia

Moldova

963

79

1,042

1,090

107

1,197

Mongolia

624

54

678

790

64

854

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

8,666

1,009

9,675

8,205

1,602

9,807

Mozambique

452

44

496

500

36

536

Namibia

7

2

9

10

10

Nauru

Nepal

2,234

163

2,397

2,538

256

2,794

Netherlands

22

1

23

10

1

11

New Zealand

131

3

134

75

1

76

Nicaragua

8

8

5

5

Niger

112

7

119

117

10

127

Nigeria

70,030

17,002

87,032

49,816

19,179

68,995

None

17

17

7

7

Norway

1

1

1

1

Oman

3,787

856

4,643

3,565

1,082

4,647

Other

873

136

1,009

866

176

1,042

Pakistan

51,797

11,848

63,645

42,865

19,415

62,280

Palestinian Authority

587

107

694

474

75

549

Panama

1

1

123

5

128

Papua New Guinea

6

6

4

4

Paraguay

3

3

1

1

Peru

3,172

230

3,402

3,652

255

3,907

Philippines

11,953

780

12,733

13,587

1,297

14,884

Poland

332

15

347

210

13

223

Portugal

4

4

Qatar

5,185

2,373

7,558

7,439

3,799

11,238

Refugee (Art 1 1951 Convention)

833

165

998

733

247

980

Romania

22,135

1,907

24,042

24,899

2,471

27,370

Russia

92,377

16,765

109,142

105,008

11,014

116,022

Rwanda

292

40

332

392

31

423

Sao Tome And Principe

60

6

66

62

7

69

Saudi Arabia

21,253

7,757

29,010

25,757

9,605

35,362

Senegal

1,436

67

1,503

1,742

128

1,870

Serbia

Seychelles

2

2

Sierra Leone

2,474

324

2,798

2,217

497

2,714

Singapore

19

19

27

27

Slovakia

160

15

175

183

10

193

Slovenia

66

8

74

20

2

22

Solomon Islands

1

1

2

1

1

Somalia

457

60

517

357

76

433

South Africa

285

29

314

292

34

326

South Korea

59

5

64

121

4

125

Soviet Union

2

2

Spain

4

1

5

10

5

15

Sri Lanka

11,534

1,520

13,054

9,680

3,481

13,161

St. Kitts and Nevis

1

1

2

2

St Lucia

10

10

14

1

15

St Vincent

3

3

7

1

8

Stateless (Art 1 1951 Convention)

881

165

1,046

792

225

1,017

Sudan

4,204

946

5,150

4,856

1,355

6,211

Surinam

203

8

211

151

9

160

Swaziland

12

12

9

9

Sweden

14

14

1

1

2

Switzerland

3

3

12

8

20

Syria

4,288

515

4,803

4,356

551

4,907

Taiwan

23,757

1,101

24,858

25,853

1,715

27,568

Tajikistan

188

8

196

291

34

325

Tanzania

3,433

336

3,769

3,345

395

3,740

Thailand

24,501

1,740

26,241

22,673

1,856

24,529

Togo

292

15

307

282

20

302

Tonga

2

2

Trinidad and Tobago

148

8

156

64

21

85

Tunisia

3,476

359

3,835

2,837

462

3,299

Turkey

42 579

4,196

46,775

45,954

6,008

51,962

Turkmenistan

735

114

849

447

81

528

Uganda

3,548

265

3,813

3,692

446

4,138

Ukraine

17,317

2,960

20,277

20,111

3,379

23,490

United Arab Emirates

11,762

4,809

16,571

13,926

6,216

20,142

United Nations

74

74

66

66

United States

1,054

13

1,067

1,172

22

1,194

Unspecified Nationality

3 264

517

3,781

3,003

970

3,973

Uruguay

6

6

4

4

Uzbekistan

1,313

73

1,386

1,236

208

1,444

Vanuatu

1

1

Vatican

9

9

9

9

Venezuela

11

11

79

12

91

Vietnam

3,368

210

3,578

3,411

261

3,672

Western Samoa

1

1

Yemen

1,914

545

2,459

2,098

569

2,667

Yugoslavia

10,097

865

10,962

11,058

1,479

12,537

Zambia

2,121

218

2,339

2,440

493

2,933

Zimbabwe

5,370

967

6,337

3,292

1,305

4,597

Grand total

965,056

147,440

1,112,496

1,009,875

192,969

1,202,844

20072008

Nationality

Over 18

Under 18

Total

Over 18

Under 18

Total

Afghanistan

710

277

987

744

279

1,023

Albania

2,561

466

3,027

2,515

640

3,155

Algeria

5,910

1,118

7,028

5,740

949

6,689

Andorra

5

5

Angola

2,467

421

2,888

2,257

412

2 669

Antigua and Barbuda

2

2

Argentina

34

34

11

11

Armenia

1,189

111

1,300

1,162

150

1,312

Australia

365

2

367

373

4

377

Austria

4

4

Azerbaijan

3,303

409

3,712

3,080

605

3,685

Bahamas

4

4

Bahrain

4,702

1,438

6,140

5,819

1,834

7,653

Bangladesh

6,255

2,456

8,711

6,473

2,168

8,641

Barbados

33

1

34

6

6

Belarus

3,686

3,991

7,877

4393

3,499

7,892

Belgium

11

1

12

7

7

Belize

4

1

5

4

4

Benin

311

22

333

281

11

292

Bermuda

Bhutan

82

17

99

62

2

64

Bolivia

95

4

99

11

1

12

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2,264

304

2,568

2,635

316

2,951

Botswana

94

17

111

58

5

63

Brazil

358

20

378

312

14

326

British Citizen

50

13

63

25

6

31

British National Overseas

22

22

24

24

British Overseas Citizen

2

2

6

6

British Protected Person

1

1

1

1

British Subject

Brunei

4

4

1

1

2

Bulgaria

144

6

150

68

8

76

Burkina

235

20

255

209

6

215

Burma (Myanmar)

721

69

790

706

73

779

Burundi

141

14

155

176

11

187

Cambodia

164

21

185

241

27

268

Cameroon

2,666

287

2,953

2,175

264

2,439

Canada

266

5

271

273

2

275

Cape Verde

134

10

144

83

8

91

Central African Republic

36

8

44

52

10

62

Chad

81

6

87

95

13

108

Chile

10

10

10

10

China

96,982

14,134

111,116

77,919

12,261

90,180

Colombia

10,698

1,998

12,696

10,240

1,897

12,137

Comoros

16

16

34

34

Congo

527

90

617

438

106

544

Costa Rica

7

7

1

1

2

Croatia

181

13

194

136

1

137

Cuba

1,273

53

1,326

1,170

35

1,205

Cyprus

320

187

507

258

181

439

Czech Republic

1,320

70

1,390

199

7

206

Democratic Republic of Congo

2,005

503

2,508

1,433

364

1,797

Denmark

3

1

4

2

2

Dependant Territory

1

1

Djibouti

87

15

102

91

10

101

Dominica

3

3

3

1

4

Dominican Republic

1,318

199

1,517

963

86

1,049

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

Ecuador

2,169

319

2,488

1,835

282

2,117

Egypt

19,787

2,558

22,345

20,040

2,857

22,897

El Salvador

2

2

6

6

Equatorial Guinea

171

4

175

109

4

113

Eritrea

363

76

439

297

41

338

Estonia

81

2

83

28

2

30

Ethiopia

2,008

176

2,184

1,936

164

2,100

Fiji

811

60

871

594

49

643

Finland

13

5

18

6

4

10

France

34

5

39

23

1

24

Gabon

347

49

396

237

30

267

Gambia

1,534

388

1,922

1,251

333

1,584

Georgia

2,698

276

2,974

2,639

620

3,259

Germany

4

4

4

4

Ghana

9,559

2,024

11,583

8,837

1,862

10,699

Greece

14

1

15

20

20

Greenland

Grenada

6

6

2

2

Guatemala

11

1

12

12

2

14

Guinea

529

52

581

488

42

530

Guinea-Bissau

78

8

86

38

13

51

Guyana

1,653

313

1,966

568

81

649

Haiti

193

13

206

157

8

165

Honduras

8

8

1

1

Hong Kong

238

32

270

44

44

Hungary

189

22

211

118

31

149

Iceland

1

1

1

1

India

185,143

26,897

212,040

174,657

25,259

199,916

Indonesia

13,198

1,843

15041

11,871

1 561

13,432

Iran

12,653

3,217

15,870

10,869

2,765

13,634

Iraq

2,317

342

2,659

2,778

442

3,220

Ireland

3

1

4

1

1

Israel

98

6

104

60

7

67

Italy

7

2

9

2

2

Ivory Coast

1,204

176

1,380

1,181

182

1,363

Jamaica

3,767

750

4,517

3,867

769

4,636

Japan

421

8

429

452

10

462

Jordan

7,494

1,116

8,610

7,835

1,177

9,012

Kazakhstan

12,731

5,265

17,996

7,853

2,519

10,372

Kenya

5,616

1,201

6,817

5,948

1,200

7,148

Korea (North)

12

1

13

15

2

17

Kosovo

13

6

19

33

30

63

Kuwait

25,207

8,681

33,888

28,587

10,269

38,856

Kyrgyzstan

758

104

862

484

63

547

Laos

66

6

72

87

8

95

Latvia

120

5

125

57

3

60

Lebanon

8,140

939

9,079

7,155

742

7,897

Lesotho

3

3

3

3

Liberia

235

22

257

254

18

272

Libya

4,304

1,245

5,549

5,317

1,392

6,709

Lithuania

31

6

36

10

2

12

Luxembourg

1

1

Macau

5

5

3

3

Macedonia

2,027

154

2,181

1,976

223

2,199

Madagascar

308

26

334

312

22

334

Malawi

1,158

227

1,385

976

169

1,145

Malaysia

83

83

89

1

90

Maldives

2

2

5

5

Mali

385

25

410

410

25

435

Malta

2

2

1

1

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

173

16

189

158

7

165

Mauritius

635

105

740

585

71

656

Mexico

574

34

608

166

39

205

Micronesia

1

1

Moldova

960

108

1,068

767

103

870

Mongolia

1,074

121

1,195

677

134

811

Montenegro

5

5

252

139

391

Montserrat

1

1

Morocco

6,047

1,009

7,056

5,241

883

6,124

Mozambique

389

26

415

411

53

464

Namibia

10

10

5

5

Nauru

1

1

Nepal

2,439

248

2,687

1,734

160

1,894

Netherlands

5

5

2

2

New Zealand

95

95

81

81

Nicaragua

6

1

7

6

6

Niger

139

13

152

91

14

105

Nigeria

45,399

19,269

64,668

45,578

18,957

64,535

None

7

7

1

1

Norway

67

16

83

Oman

3,733

1,179

4,912

5,146

1,697

6,843

Other

761

139

900

1,713

367

2,080

Pakistan

28,194

13,344

41,538

26,507

11,510

38 017

Palestinian Authority

520

100

620

92

9

101

Panama

111

3

114

101

4

105

Papua New Guinea

3

3

Paraguay

2

1

3

2

2

Peru

3,706

286

3,992

2,822

272

3,094

Philippines

12,872

1,408

14,280

12,530

1,356

13,886

Poland

214

60

274

64

3

67

Portugal

4

4

1

1

Qatar

6,778

4,093

10,871

8,067

4,733

12,800

Refugee (Art 1 1951 Convention)

542

147

689

440

129

569

Romania

369

18

387

353

20

373

Russia

104,478

11,960

116,438

97,915

20,461

118,376

Rwanda

445

50

495

493

25

518

Sao Tome And Principe

54

13

67

16

4

20

Saudi Arabia

27,477

9,501

36,978

33,606

12,597

46,203

Senegal

1,894

114

2,008

1,815

168

1,983

Serbia

232

26

258

621

55

676

Seychelles

3

2

6

Sierra Leone

1,641

388

2,029

1,100

305

1,405

Singapore

27

27

26

26

Slovakia

120

6

126

71

6

77

Slovenia

74

9

83

45

3

48

Solomon Islands

Somalia

253

27

280

187

23

210

South Africa

199

20

219

293

53

346

South Korea

120

6

126

98

10

108

Soviet Union

3

3

3

3

Spain

7

3

10

4

4

Sri Lanka

8,023

3,038

11,061

7,757

2,607

10 364

St. Kitts and Nevis

1

1

1

1

St Lucia

11

11

8

2

10

St Vincent

4

4

1

1

2

Stateless (Art 1 1951 Convention)

595

148

743

479

126

605

Sudan

4,571

1,258

5,829

3,618

838

4,456

Surinam

157

45

202

109

7

116

Swaziland

3

3

3

1

4

Sweden

5

5

2

2

Switzerland

5

1

6

1

1

Syria

3,184

419

3,603

3,308

503

3,811

Taiwan

22,705

2,875

25,580

19,431

2,579

22,010

Tajikistan

257

39

296

263

21

284

Tanzania

3,416

501

3,917

3,144

365

3,509

Thailand

24,209

2,262

26,471

24,777

3,108

27 885

Togo

264

17

281

252

26

278

Tonga

3

3

Trinidad and Tobago

125

4

129

137

16

153

Tunisia

2,864

370

3,234

2,414

593

3,007

Turkey

46,105

7,777

53,682

55,375

8,961

64,336

Turkmenistan

443

52

495

492

139

631

Uganda

3,888

498

4,386

3,782

577

4,359

Ukraine

21,034

3,851

24,885

19,143

4,975

24,118

United Arab Emirates

12,288

5,434

17,722

15,008

6,804

21,812

United Nations

57

57

30

30

United States

1 032

31

1,063

936

29

965

Unspecified Nationality

2,823

858

3,681

1,813

431

2,244

Uruguay

7

1

8

3

3

Uzbekistan

1,021

61

1,082

1,210

199

1,409

Vanuatu

1

1

Vatican

12

12

5

5

Venezuela

55

2

57

50

4

54

Vietnam

3,721

277

3,998

3,983

410

4,393

Western Samoa

2

2

2

2

Yemen

1,745

538

2,283

1,477

434

1,911

Yugoslavia

10,092

1,598

11,690

10,259

1,977

12,236

Zambia

2,327

517

2,844

1,971

445

2,416

Zimbabwe

2,830

1,105

3,935

2,449

838

3,287

Grand total

916,752

184,882

1,101,634

879,067

192,958

1,072,025