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date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of availability of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Visas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	128906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors. On 11 January, we doubled the number of places available to applicants from 1000, to 2000, and are confident that this is sufficient to meet demand at this time. We will continue to monitor take up of the route.</p><p>All visa applications are subject to appropriate checks by the Home Office and we reserve the right to refuse applications where they fall for refusal under our general grounds for refusal. This includes where we believe applicants are attempting to abuse the immigration system or where an applicant’s previous character and conduct is not conducive to the public good.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 128909 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:08:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) extent of and (b) reasons for the rise in the refusal rate for Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	128909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors. On 11 January, we doubled the number of places available to applicants from 1000, to 2000, and are confident that this is sufficient to meet demand at this time. We will continue to monitor take up of the route.</p><p>All visa applications are subject to appropriate checks by the Home Office and we reserve the right to refuse applications where they fall for refusal under our general grounds for refusal. This includes where we believe applicants are attempting to abuse the immigration system or where an applicant’s previous character and conduct is not conducive to the public good.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 128906 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:08:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe