Written answers
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Visa Applications
5:00 am
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 10 February 2010, the details of student visa applications received annually since 2005 to date in 2010; the number of applications from each country that were approved or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24824/10]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I must advise the Deputy that for the years 2005 and 2006 electronic records were not maintained in such a way as to easily facilitate the extraction of the details requested. Furthermore, figures for 2010 to date are not available. The tables below detail the approval and refusal numbers for student visa applications by nationality for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.
| Study Visa decisions by Nationality 2009 | Granted | Refused | Nationality | Granted | Refused |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | Mauritania | 1 | 2 |
| Albania | 7 | 1 | Mauritius | 1 | 0 |
| Algeria | 5 | 5 | Moldova | 3 | 3 |
| Angola | 2 | 0 | Mongolia | 5 | 20 |
| Armenia | 2 | 0 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | Morocco | 14 | 6 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1 | Mozambique | 1 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 23 | 48 | Nepal | 57 | 56 |
| Belarus | 6 | 4 | Nigeria | 100 | 115 |
| Benin | 1 | 0 | Oman | 24 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | Pakistan | 137 | 134 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 0 | Palestinian National Authority | 2 | 4 |
| Burma/Myanmar | 3 | 7 | People's Republic of China | 1254 | 341 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 10 | Peru | 15 | 2 |
| Colombia | 15 | 12 | Philippines | 6 | 9 |
| Congo | 0 | 1 | Qatar | 14 | 1 |
| Congo Democratic Rep | 4 | 0 | Russian Federation | 953 | 22 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 4 | Rwanda | 2 | 2 |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | Saudi Arabia | 200 | 13 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1 | Senegal | 1 | 0 |
| Egypt | 29 | 8 | Serbia | 15 | 0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 1 | Sierra Leone | 3 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 21 | 0 | Sri Lanka | 10 | 5 |
| Gabon | 2 | 0 | Sudan | 3 | 11 |
| Georgia | 1 | 3 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6 | 10 |
| Ghana | 10 | 16 | Taiwan | 1 | 1 |
| Haiti | 1 | 0 | Tajikistan | 2 | 0 |
| India | 393 | 174 | Thailand | 6 | 10 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 0 | Timor-Leste | 1 | 0 |
| Iran | 33 | 8 | Togo | 1 | 0 |
| Iraq | 4 | 3 | Tunisia | 4 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 2 | Turkey | 71 | 15 |
| Jordan | 10 | 2 | Uganda | 10 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 1 | Ukraine | 36 | 5 |
| Kenya | 7 | 4 | United Arab Emirates | 71 | 3 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 0 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8 | 1 |
| Kuwait | 191 | 3 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | Vietnam | 28 | 5 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1 | Yemen | 1 | 1 |
| Libya | 9 | 8 | Zambia | 13 | 1 |
| Macedonia, Republic of | 3 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 | Uncategorised * | 102 | 0 |
| Totals | 4049 | 1140 |
| Study Visa decisions by Nationality 2008 | Granted | Refused | Nationality | Granted | Refused |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | Libya | 16 | 16 |
| Albania | 3 | 6 | Macedonia | 1 | 1 |
| Algeria | 2 | 6 | Madagascar | 0 | 1 |
| Angola | 2 | 1 | Mali | 1 | 0 |
| Armenia | 1 | 0 | Mauritania | 4 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0 | Moldova | 11 | 16 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1 | Mongolia | 13 | 12 |
| Bangladesh | 34 | 116 | Morocco | 19 | 5 |
| Belarus | 11 | 6 | Mozambique | 2 | 0 |
| Benin | 3 | 0 | Myanmar | 8 | 7 |
| Bosnia/Herzegovina | 1 | 2 | Nepal | 27 | 62 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 1 | Niger | 1 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 9 | Nigeria | 114 | 170 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | Oman | 1 | 1 |
| Chad | 0 | 1 | Pakistan | 189 | 744 |
| China | 1390 | 333 | Palestine | 4 | 3 |
| Colombia | 27 | 12 | Peru | 26 | 7 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | Philippines | 16 | 20 |
| Cuba | 3 | 3 | Qatar | 1 | 4 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | Russia | 1530 | 41 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 16 | Rwanda | 3 | 0 |
| Egypt | 13 | 14 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 9 |
| Eriitrea | 0 | 1 | Serbia | 17 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 23 | 4 | Senegal | 1 | 0 |
| Gabon | 0 | 1 | Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 |
| Gambia | 0 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 10 |
| Georgia | 1 | 8 | Sudan | 2 | 2 |
| Ghana | 9 | 12 | Syria | 3 | 8 |
| Guinea | 0 | 3 | Taiwan | 6 | 2 |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | Tanzania | 7 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | Thailand | 10 | 16 |
| India | 588 | 346 | Timor | 1 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1 | Tunisia | 5 | 3 |
| Iran | 30 | 21 | Turkey | 85 | 45 |
| Iraq | 4 | 9 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | U.A.E. | 2 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | Uganda | 10 | 4 |
| Jordan | 4 | 5 | Ukraine | 47 | 15 |
| Kazakhstan | 56 | 6 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 |
| Kenya | 8 | 5 | Vietnam | 21 | 33 |
| Kirghizstan | 2 | 0 | Yemen | 0 | 3 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 0 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 2 | Zambia | 17 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 2 | Zimbabwe | 9 | 8 |
| Liberia | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 4563 | 2238 |
| Study Visa decisions by Nationality 2007 | Granted | Refused | Nationality | Granted | Refused |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 4 | Libya | 7 | 18 |
| Albania | 5 | 3 | Macedonia | 0 | 3 |
| Algeria | 6 | 5 | Madagascar | 2 | 1 |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | Mali | 0 | 1 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | Mauritania | 0 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | Moldova | 8 | 13 |
| Bahrain | 7 | 1 | Mongolia | 22 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 177 | 450 | Morocco | 24 | 12 |
| Belarus | 12 | 7 | Mozambique | 2 | 0 |
| Benin | 0 | 1 | Myanmar | 3 | 11 |
| Bhutan | 0 | 1 | Namibia | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnia/Herzegovina | 1 | 9 | Nepal | 35 | 56 |
| Brunei | 1 | 0 | Niger | 0 | 3 |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | Nigeria | 120 | 130 |
| Burundi | 0 | 0 | Oman | 3 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | Pakistan | 589 | 2087 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 12 | Palestine | 1 | 1 |
| Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | Peru | 11 | 11 |
| China | 1288 | 786 | Philippines | 15 | 12 |
| Colombia | 41 | 29 | Qatar | 0 | 0 |
| Comoros | 0 | 0 | Russia | 736 | 27 |
| Congo | 9 | 2 | Rwanda | 3 | 0 |
| Cuba | 7 | 2 | Saudi Arabia | 14 | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | Senegal | 3 | 1 |
| Dr Congo | 0 | 0 | Serbia | 5 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 9 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 1 |
| Egypt | 3 | 0 | Somalia | 0 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 0 | 0 | Sri Lanka | 17 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1 | Stateless | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | Sudan | 0 | 1 |
| Gabon | 3 | 0 | Surinam | 0 | 0 |
| Gambia | 0 | 3 | Syria | 1 | 0 |
| Georgia | 3 | 7 | Taiwan | 9 | 3 |
| Ghana | 5 | 9 | Tanzania | 18 | 2 |
| Guinea | 0 | 1 | Thailand | 2 | 10 |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | Tibet | 0 | 0 |
| India | 923 | 421 | Timor | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 2 | Togo | 0 | 1 |
| Iran | 22 | 14 | Tunisia | 2 | 1 |
| Iraq | 10 | 3 | Turkey | 68 | 60 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 4 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 9 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 0 | Uganda | 9 | 3 |
| Jordan | 0 | 1 | Ukraine | 33 | 21 |
| Kazakhstan | 64 | 4 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 3 |
| Kenya | 10 | 5 | U.A.E. | 0 | 0 |
| Korea Nth | 0 | 0 | Vietnam | 16 | 23 |
| Kuwait | 19 | 1 | Yemen | 0 | 1 |
| Kyrgzstan | 0 | 0 | Yugoslavia | 15 | 2 |
| Laos | 0 | 0 | Zambia | 17 | 2 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 2 | Zimbabwe | 7 | 7 |
| Liberia | 2 | 0 | Uncategorised * | 344 | 44 |
| 4849 | 4405 |
* 'Uncategorised' - nationality not available as figures are based on aggregate returns.
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