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Entry Clearances: Eastern Europe

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 23 February 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas his Department issued in (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) in 2010 on the latest date for which figures are available. (317798)

The number of visas issued at our visa sections in Chisinau, Kiev and Tirana in the calendar years 2007-09 are shown in the table. The number of applications received and refused are also shown.

The data for 2009 are for the period January to September. Visa statistics for the final quarter of 2009 are not due to be published until 27 February.

Post

Applications

Issued

Refused

2007

Chisinau

2,781

2,221

553

Kiev

36,510

33,051

3,126

Tirana

9,735

6,951

2,695

Total

49,026

42,223

6,374

2008

Chisinau

1,817

1,113

547

Kiev

33,120

29,067

3,918

Tirana

8,713

4,653

3,574

Total

43,650

34,833

8,039

2009

Chisinau

1,157

800

393

Kiev

23,866

20,678

2,994

Tirana

4,234

2,986

1,371

Total

29,257

24,464

4,758

The data are based on management information. They are provisional and subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals of visa decisions taken in (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau were (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed in (A) each of the last three years and (B) on the latest date for which figures are available. (317912)

The number of appeals against decisions taken at our visa sections in Chisinau, Kiev and Tirana that were (i) received; (ii) allowed and (iii) dismissed, in the calendar years 2007-09, are shown in the following table.

The data for 2009 are for the period January to September. Visa statistics for the final quarter of 2009 are not due to be published until 27 February.

Post

Year

Received

Allowed

Dismissed

Chisinau

2007

104

25

20

2008

95

40

36

2009

70

29

13

Total

346

130

98

Kiev

2007

369

95

146

2008

409

80

126

2009

327

88

115

Total

1,440

354

523

Tirana

2007

487

80

234

2008

1,265

307

285

2009

569

415

379

Total

2,757

917

1,191

Note:

The data are based on management information. They are provisional and subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals there were of visa decisions relating to applications received in (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) in 2010 on the latest date for which figures are available. (317914)

The number of appeals against decisions taken at our visa sections in Chisinau, Kiev and Tirana that were received in the calendar years 2007-09, are shown in the following table. The number of appeals that were (i) allowed and (ii) dismissed in those years is also shown.

The data for 2009 are for the period January to September. Visa statistics for the final quarter of 2009 are not due to be published until 27 February.

Post

Year

Received

Allowed

Dismissed

Chisinau

2007

104

25

20

2008

95

40

36

2009

70

29

13

Total

346

130

98

Kiev

2007

369

95

146

2008

409

80

126

2009

327

88

115

Total

1,440

354

523

Tirana

2007

487

80

234

2008

1,265

307

285

2009

569

415

379

Total

2,757

917

1,191

Note:

The data are based on management information. They are provisional and subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications were refused in (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available. (317915)

The number of visa applications refused at our visa sections in Chisinau, Kiev and Tirana in the calendar years 2007-09 are shown in the table. The number of applications received and visas issued are also shown.

The data for 2009 are for the period January to September. Visa statistics for the final quarter of 2009 are not due to be published until 27 February.

Post

Applications

Issued

Refused

2007

Chisinau

2,781

2,221

553

Kiev

36,510

33,051

3,126

Tirana

9,735

6,951

2,695

Total

49,026

42,223

6,374

2008

Chisinau

1,817

1,113

547

Kiev

33,120

29,067

3,918

Tirana

8,713

4,653

3,574

Total

43,650

34,833

8,039

2009

Chisinau

1,157

800

393

Kiev

23,866

20,678

2,994

Tirana

4,234

2,986

1,371

Total

29,257

24,464

4,758

The data are based on management information. They are provisional and subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister with responsibility for entry clearance last visited (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau. (317917)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on average how long it took for an explanatory statement relating to a visa decision to be sent to London from (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau in the latest period for which figures are available. (317918)

During 2009, the average length of time that it took for an Entry Clearance Officer’s explanatory statement to be sent to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal from our visa sections in (a) Tirana, (b) Kiev and (c) Chisinau following receipt of an appeal, was as follows:

Average time to despatch Explanatory Statements—2009

Weeks

Tirana

10

Kiev

8

Chisinau

10