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Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Visa Applications

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5:00 am

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

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 (Minister, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Louth, Fianna
Fail)

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

Granted Refused Nationality Granted Refused
Nationality 2009

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

Palestinian National
Burkina Faso 1 0 2 4
Authority

People’s Republic of
Burma/Myanmar 3 7 1254 341
China

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

United Republic of
Kosovo 2 0 8 1
Tanzania

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

Granted Refused Nationality Granted Refused
2008

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

Granted Refused Nationality Granted Refused
Nationality 2007

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

Papua New
Cape Verde 0 0 0 0
Guinea

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.