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Visas: British National (Overseas)

Asked by Calum MillerLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 June 2025UIN 59171

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications through the British Nationals (Overseas) Visa pathway have been rejected in each year since 2021.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by year and visa type in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visa applications are published in ‘Vis_D01’ whilst data on the outcomes of visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance dataset.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data is from January 2005 up to the end of March 2025.

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