Baroness Hamwee – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hamwee on 2015-11-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 November (HL3549), how many of the family reunion visas scheduled were granted on the basis of exceptional compelling compassionate circumstances outside the Immigration Rules, broken down by country and year.
Lord Bates
The number of applications for Family Reunion Visas that were subsequently issued Outside of the Immigration Rules can be found in the table below.
It is not possible to give a breakdown by country or nationality.
Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
Total |
Number of applications granted outside the rules |
77 |
30 |
18 |
12 |
137 |