neplox 85%
"UK Border Agency
International Group London
Visa Customer Services
DPU, Lunar House
40 Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY
Fax: 0870 336 9240
Web:
Jonathan
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
HO Reference: FOI 26221/166044
TO 180077
VCS/164607
19 February 2013
Dear Mr Jonathan
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000.
Thank you for your email correspondence of 4 February, in which you requested the following in relation to settlement visas from Ukraine:
Specifically I would like to know within the last 12 months or for however long as possible what was the approximate percentage rate of successful visas under the settlement category or individual numbers for how many people applied for a visa from December 2011 - December 2012 and out of these how many were successful in obtaining their visa".
Your request falls to be processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and I can confirm that the International Operations and Visas Group hold the information relevant to your request.
Please see the table below for the response to your request. The figures quoted have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
Settlement visas issued in Ukraine (Includes all nationalities)
Reporting PeriodIssuedSuccess Rate
Oct-11 14 88%
Nov-11 20 80%
Dec-11 15100%
Jan-12 37 82%
Feb-12 43 88%
Mar-12 12100%
Apr-12 7 70%
May-12 88 92%
Jun-12 13 81%
Jul-12 1280%
Aug-12 7480%
Sep-12 457%
Grand Total33985%
I hope that this is of help to you. If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request for an independent internal review of our handling your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting reference number FOI [ 26221]. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could mention the reason why you are dissatisfied with the response.
The contact for requesting an internal review is:
Information Access Team
Home Office
Ground Floor
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
Sw1P 4DF
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx
As part of any internal review, the Department’s handling of your information request will be assessed by staff who was not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Yours sincerely
Adetoro Ojewale
Visa Correspondence Team
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