Written answers
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Department of Justice and Equality
Visa Applications
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications that have been received which relied on paragraph 1.12 of the policy document on pon-EEA family reunification due to the fact that the sponsor did not meet the financial criteria; the number of those applications which were granted and refused, respectively, by country covering the period between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of those applications which involved minors; and the number of those which were granted and refused, respectively. [31732/22]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to visa applications which rely on paragraph 1.12 of the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification, is not readily available to my Department.
However, to be of some assistance to the Deputy, the following table shows the number of join family applications, by nationality of applicant, granted and refused between 1 June 2021 and 31 May 2022.
Nationality | Granted on Appeal | Application Granted | Application Refused | Revoked | Total Granted | Total Refused |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 24 | 252 | 311 | 0 | 276 | 287 |
Bangladesh | 29 | 103 | 50 | 0 | 132 | 21 |
Cameroon | 8 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
Congo Democratic Republic of | 6 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 9 |
India | 41 | 8123 | 111 | 5 | 8159 | 70 |
Iran | 9 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 107 | 3 |
Iraq | 7 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 6 |
Nigeria | 54 | 241 | 169 | 1 | 294 | 115 |
Pakistan | 155 | 834 | 233 | 1 | 988 | 78 |
People's Republic of China | 32 | 261 | 25 | 3 | 290 | -7 |
Philippines | 53 | 472 | 53 | 0 | 525 | 0 |
South Africa | 11 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
Thailand | 12 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 21 | 478 | 33 | 0 | 499 | 12 |
Other* | 134 | 2737 | 398 | 4 | 2867 | 264 |
Grand Total | 596 | 13783 | 1463 | 15 | 14364 | 867 |
*Where the total number of people of any given country of origin is less than five, no further breakdown is provided to protect the identity of the people concerned.
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