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1668948

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203790 on Visas: Africa, whether the (a) passports and (b) other documents of visa applicants applying at Visa Application Centres in (i) South Africa, (ii) Kenya, (iii) Nigeria and (iv) Ghana are (A) digitally copied and (B) checked at that Visa Application Centre.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	1080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Commercial partners take tri-scans of customers passports and scan all other supporting documents onto a digital portal for Decision Making Centres to view via a secure cloud solution.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/11/2023 10:30:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666521

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Visa Application Centres in (a) Kenya, (b) Nigeria, (c) Ghana and (d) South Africa courier passports and other documents of visa applicants to Decision Making Centres in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	203790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Africa are operated by the commercial partner, TLS Contact, on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration. TLS Contact do not send physical passports or documents from these locations to the UK. Passports are stored either at the VAC or, for some locations, at a remote print location. A Keep My Passport service is available for purchase at the majority of the VACs in these countries which allows a customer to keep their passport while their application is processed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203791 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1666523

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Visa Application Centres in (a) Kenya, (b) Nigeria, (c) Ghana and (d) South Africa contain scanners and other equipment required for (i) checking the authenticity of passports and other documents and (ii) making electronic copies of those documents.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	203791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Africa are operated by the commercial partner, TLS Contact, on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration. TLS Contact do not send physical passports or documents from these locations to the UK. Passports are stored either at the VAC or, for some locations, at a remote print location. A Keep My Passport service is available for purchase at the majority of the VACs in these countries which allows a customer to keep their passport while their application is processed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203790 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1646517

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188517 on Visas: Africa, what mechanisms her Department has for identifying individuals coming to the UK for the purposes of scientific research.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	190614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office requires all those coming to the UK who need a visa to complete a visa application form which contains questions around an applicant’s intentions whilst in the UK. Applicants would use these questions to explain the purpose of their stay which would include scientific research, usually either via a sponsored work migration route or as a visitor.</p><p> </p><p>Each case is then assessed on its merits by a trained entry clearance officer. However, the reasons for travel to the UK are not routinely collated as part of the Government’s regular migration statistics.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/06/2023 13:41:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1643150

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many researchers from African countries (a) applied for and (b) were granted UK visas as part of scientific research collaborations with a UK institution in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	188517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a reportable format and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/06/2023 14:34:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1585483

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) applications for and (b) refusals of short-term visitor visas there were from countries in Africa in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	142690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on Visitor visa applications and refusals for African nationals are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Entry clearance visa application and outcomes detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 142689 question first answered 23/02/2023 13:15:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1585479

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which visa application centres in Africa have document scanning facilities (a) on site and (b) available to applicants for visitor visas.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	142686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>All UK visa application centres in Africa have document scanning facilities on site which are available to applicants for visitor visas.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2023 16:53:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1568333

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa application centres have (a) opened and (b) permanently closed in African countries since January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	126633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Since 2019, one UK Visa Application Centre (VAC) has opened in Africa, in Khartoum, Sudan. No VAC has permanently closed in Africa between January 2019 to present.</p><p>VACs in Abuja, Lagos, Accra and Nairobi are currently open and fully operational with a five-day service. There are no Visa Decision Making centres in those locations, the only Visa Decision Making Centre in Africa is in Pretoria.</p><p>VACs overseas are operated by VFS or TLS on behalf of UKVI. Document Scanning Assistance is available in all VACs operated by TLS and 125 of the 131 VACs operated by VFS.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 126635 126637 question first answered 26/01/2023 14:03:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1568334

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for short term visit visas to the UK were made by people applying from African countries in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022; and how many of those were refused in each of those years. .
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	126634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on Visitor visa applications and refusals for African nationals are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Entry clearance visa application and outcomes detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/01/2023 17:31:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1568336

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report of the Africa APPG on Visas, what progress her Department has made on the availability of digital applications..
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	126636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Through the Future Borders and Immigration System (FBIS) programme, we are delivering a streamlined, simplified and modern visa system that meets the needs of the Home Office and its customers.</p><p>Increasingly, we are replacing physical and paper-based products and services with online and digital services. This provides applicants with a simple online application process, which enables some applicants to provide biometrics and establish or verify their identity using suitable smartphones.</p><p>The transition towards eVisas is already underway with millions of customers already receiving digital evidence of their immigration permission and using this to enter and live in the UK. We aim to transition to a fully digital end to end system by 2025. <br> <br> We are also creating clearer, accessible guidance and content on gov.uk and have made it simpler and more intuitive for people to understand if they are eligible for a visa, what steps they need to take to apply and, if granted, the conditions of their stay in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/01/2023 17:29:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah