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User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics

1. 93 jjp M MR 97 X M M 100 Other sources of information on immigration and migration 104 Geographical regions for tables cecececeeeeceeee scene neneneeeeeeeeeenenenenenseeeeees 110 Ay le 1 Introduction This User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics is designed to be a useful reference guide with explanatory notes on the issues and classifications which are key to the production and presentation of the Home Office s quarterly Immigration Statistics releases Statistics covered The Immigration Statistics release provides information on the following broad topics based on the Home Office s operation of immigration control and related processes including the work of UK Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration Most of the statistics therefore relate to people who are subject to immigration control i e from outside the European Economic Area Visas entry clearance visas granted Admissions passengers allowed entry and passengers initially refused entry Extensions people given permission to extend their stay Settlement people given permission to stay permanently Citizenship people granted British citizenship Asylum people applying for asylum Detention people detained under Immigration Act powers Removals and voluntary departures people who leave the country
2. 111 Grenada Americas America Central and South Guadeloupe Americas America Central and South Guam Americas Oceania Guatemala Americas America Central and South Guinea Africa Africa Sub Saharan Guinea Bissau Africa Africa Sub Saharan Guyana Americas America Central and South Haiti Americas America Central and South Heard Island and McDonald Islands Oceania Oceania Honduras Americas America Central and South Hong Kong Asia Asia East Hungary Europe EU 8 Iceland Europe Europe Other India Asia Asia South Indonesia Asia Asia South East Iran Middle East Middle East Iraq Middle East Middle East Ireland Europe EU 14 Israel Middle East Middle East Italy Europe EU 14 Ivory Coast Africa Africa Sub Saharan Jamaica Americas America Central and South Japan Asia Asia East Jordan Middle East Middle East Kazakhstan Europe Asia Central Kenya Africa Africa Sub Saharan Kiribati Oceania Oceania Korea North Asia Asia East Korea South Asia Asia East Kosovo Europe Europe Other Kuwait Middle East Middle East Kyrgyzstan Europe Asia Central Laos Asia Asia South East Latvia Europe EU 8 Lebanon Middle East Middle East Lesotho Africa Africa Sub Saharan Liberia Africa Africa Sub Saharan Libya Africa Africa North Liechtenstein Europe Europe Other Lithuania Europe EU 8 Luxem
3. 88 Changes in the data affecting the statistics The Immigration Statistics July September 2011 release significantly revised the figures for applications received and approvals for registration certificates and accession worker cards from EU2 nationals to include additional data found to have been incorrectly excluded from previous reports This mainly affected figures for the first and second quarters of 2011 which were revised upward significantly the revised total approvals for accession worker cards and for registration certificates for the first six months of 2011 are approximately six times higher than previously indicated Figures for 2007 to 2010 were also revised but changed by only 1 or 2 Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Data quality Data regarding applications and decisions in accession worker card and registration certificate requests from EU2 Bulgarian and Romanian and Croatian nationals along with approvals under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme SAWS and Sector Based Scheme SBS are based on defined reports supplied by the Home Office and are not subject to the detailed checks of record level data used for other data included in this release However overall the data quality for the numbers published is considered to be h
4. available from the Home Office webpages first published by the Home Office on 24 June 2010 https www gov uk government statistical data sets monthly asylum application tables Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers by age and place of initial detention Official Statistics available on a monthly basis from the Home Office webpages first published by the Home Office on 25 November 2010 https www gov uk government statistical data sets children entering detention under immigration act powers Migrant Journey research reports In 2010 the UK Border Agency now Home Office published the The Migrant Journey research report which measures migrants journeys through the immigration system using administrative data This report presents the initial results of the analysis based on the behaviour of migrants granted leave to enter the UK in 2004 and those granted settlement in 2009 For more information see the Migrant Journey report Achato Eaton and Jones 2010 https www gov uk government publications the migrant journey research report 43 In 2011 the UK Border Agency now Home Office published findings from a second report which gives further analysis of the cohort of migrants reported in The Migrant Journey to identify the most common nationalities seeking entry and settlement For more information see the Migrant Journey Second Report Achato Eaton and Jones 2
5. is undertaken by the UK Statistics Authority Hence b are therefore described as Official Statistics rather than National Statistics The UK Statistics Authority last designated the Immigration Statistics release as National Statistics in November 2012 in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics e meet identified user needs e are well explained and readily accessible e are produced according to sound methods and e are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed In previous versions of this User Guide Official Statistics have also been referred to as management information Information about the policy context A summary of the UK government s immigration and asylum policy plans and measures introduced has been published by the House of Commons library Migration Statistics Commons Library Standard Note Published 05 June 2013 Standard notes SN06077 Authors Oliver Hawkins http www parliament uk briefing papers SN05829 Further information about UK government policy including links to the Home Office website is given in the Other sources of information section People covered by
6. Unsubstantiated cases are where the applicant has failed to substantiate their claim for asylum through non attendance at the substantive interview and who is found to have absconded from their registered address Also called non substantiated claims 14 Upper Tribunal Judges hear and decide appeals against decisions made by the First Iris tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber and judicial review claims against certain decisions of the Home Office Visa see Entry clearance A visa national is a national of a country listed as requiring a visa for any type of entry to the UK a stateless person a holder of a non national travel document unless issued by the UK or a holder of a passport issued by an authority that is not recognised in the UK Visa nationals must obtain entry clearance before travelling to the UK except in certain circumstances unless they are returning residents or those with permission to stay who are returning after a temporary absence Visitor switchers are people who stated the intention in the IPS to stay in the destination country for less than a year but who actually stay for a year or longer Voluntary departures comprise notified voluntary departures assisted voluntary returns and other confirmed voluntary departures Withdrawn is an application that can be withdrawn explicitly by the applicant by signing the relevant form or implicitly through failing to attend the substantive interview see un
7. iow Office User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics See 9 un 2 c o 2 e cmm FA 85 i I i 5 3 Er R M IE E on DPS enersee w GETE S clearance removals 22 S U4 5 Qo to 00 57 internationale Q me t qy55Vvlsa g juma mentryz 9o Q a y Pot Protection age Supportg gt detenti on se ot S295 0c g immigration e a 9 amp passenger country E osection 3 E sta ti stic e a 8 i g agencyapplicants koe settlement t H countries grants sie Last updated 27 August 2015 Contents Section 1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Page Introduction EE Etre PER es 3 Glossary Ol Lenis orate es ero el e dete eta ir patriae ra elu ud 6 Conventions used in Immigration Statistics eeeeeeennenee 16 Information affecting all topics secsccosnsennessninonndonnnosnnnnmnnnnnn 20 Misas and SpOHBSOFSHhIp vs eio nus a Era Een exe Fo sar ER dea ee FEY aa yore e FRU RENE UEE 29 AO SSON S PHOTODISC DL LSU 39 EXtensloris conor uu IMEEM M REDI UE TE 47 Settlement ienippuEHEHID PEE IREIIgU Ghateiitecatiestecanrrhceeteteioctaadeeeeeeeenies 49 Gitizenslilpi situ ree rte reete rere serit intere ie aie 53 OCA DEPRECOR 60 ICI MM UN 74 Removals and voluntary departures eese 81 European Economic Area ttr rA ERR EREER REESE ERAN R RR iavesbecsnss ERR RRER ERR 87 li
8. s nationality The Annual Population Survey which underlies the population estimates by nationality simply asks people what is your nationality However the IPS National Insurance numbers NINos from Department for Work and Pensions data and entry clearance visa data are based on people s passports For asylum statistics the nationality is as stated on the Case Information Database This will usually be based on documentary evidence but sometimes asylum seekers arrive in the UK without any such documentation Non compliance grounds signify a failure to cooperate with the process to examine and decide the asylum claim within a reasonable period This includes refusals for failure to respond to invitations to interview to establish identity A non suspensive appeal is a right of appeal where UK Visas and Immigration has concluded that there are insufficient grounds shown that would qualify for a grant of asylum Humanitarian 10 Protection or Discretionary Leave to remain known as a clearly unfounded claim and rise the applicant will not have the right to appeal against the decision while still in the UK Applications from nationals of a designated State who have had their application refused are bound by legislation to have their claims certified as clearly unfounded unless the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the claim is clearly unfounded In cases where certification is applied the applicant retains a
9. 2 449 351 n a 0 0 dependants Citizenship grants all 125 755 0 08 n a Admissions total passenger arrivals millions 117 0 0 1 0 1 Admissions Non EEA national arrivals 14 5 0 7 0 7 millions Explanation of revisions for children in detention data Data revisions on the number of children entering and leaving detention occur when a more recent data extract is used to produce the figures Later extracts will reflect changes made to date of birth information about individuals after reviews new evidence or Merton assessments These changes do not alter the total number of people entering or leaving detention which changed by less than 0 1 for the 2014 totals published in August 2015 but may increase or decrease the number of children reported as entering or leaving detention Explanation of revisions for voluntary departures Figures for voluntary departures are particularly vulnerable to upward revision These occur when data matching for the other confirmed voluntary departures subset is undertaken retrospectively to check departures Other confirmed voluntary departures are cases where a person has been identified as having left the UK when they no longer had the right to remain in the UK either as a result of embarkation controls or by subsequent data matching on Home Office systems These figures are revised for two consecutive quarters Factors affecting the statistics Immigration Ru
10. MN Series presents statistics on flows of international migrants to and from the UK and England and Wales It breaks down flows by variables including citizenship country of birth country of last or next residence reason for migration occupation length of stay age sex marital status and UK area of destination or origin http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration Data from the International Passenger Survey IPS are also available these are a component of LTIM but do not provide full migration figures They do however allow cross tabulations of different migrant characteristics http Awww ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration National Population Projections by age and sex are produced for the UK and constituent countries every two years Details of the latest 2010 based projections and historical projections are currently available via the National Statistics hub www statistics gov uk hub population ONS also publishes information about international migration alongside other population and demographic information in a number of publications including Population Trends http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Population Social Trends http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Population Regional Trends http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Agriculturexand Environment Other statistical publications DWP publishes data on non UK nationals registering for a
11. between the data e Data on asylum applications withdrawals and cases pending are released on a monthly basis and are available from e http appsso eurostat ec europa eu nui show do dataset migr_asyappctzm amp lang enHome Office Business Plan impact indicators showing the percentage of asylum applications concluded in one year are available from https www gov uk government organisations uk visas and immigration e Asylum performance framework measures and data on the controlled asylum archive are published as Official Statistics and are available from https Awww gov uk government collections migration transparency data e The UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR publishes an annual report entitled Asylum Trends in Industrialised Countries http www unhcr org pages 49c3646c4b8 html which includes an international comparison of the number of applications for asylum e Eurostat comparisons of various data relating to asylum applications and decisions are available from http epp eurostat ec europa eu portal page portal statistics search database see below for an explanation of the relationship and differences between the data and e International comparisons for asylum applications and decisions can be found on the Eurostat website at http ec europa eu eurostat web asylum and managed migration publications Asylum appeals Asylum appeals data are sourced from the Home Office database and relate to main asylum applicant
12. religion nationality membership of a particular social group or political opinion is outside the country of his nationality and unable or owing to such fear is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country or who not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events is unable or owing to such fear is unwilling to return to it The criteria for recognition as a refugee and hence the granting of asylum are set out in the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees extended in its application by the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees The 1951 Convention is given effect in British law by references in the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 the Refugee and Person in Need of International Protection Qualification Regulations 2006 and the Immigration Rules Under paragraph 334 of the Immigration Rules an asylum applicant will be granted asylum in the UK if the Secretary of State is satisfied that e they are in the UK or have arrived at a port of entry in the UK 60 e they are a refugee as defined in regulation 2 of the Refugee or Person in Need of International Protection Qualification Regulations 2006 e there are no reasonable grounds for regarding them as a danger to the security of the UK e they do not having been convicted by a final judgment of a partic
13. Dutch Part Americas America Central and South St Martin French Part Americas America Central and South St Pierre and Miquelon Americas America Central and South St Vincent and the Grenadines Americas America Central and South Stateless Other Other Sudan Africa Africa North Sudan South Africa Africa Sub Saharan Surinam Americas America Central and South Svalbard and Jan Mayen Europe Europe Other Swaziland Africa Africa Sub Saharan Sweden Europe EU 14 Switzerland Europe Europe Other Syria Middle East Middle East Taiwan Asia Asia East Tajikistan Europe Asia Central Tanzania Africa Africa Sub Saharan Thailand Asia Asia South East Togo Africa Africa Sub Saharan Tokelau Oceania Oceania Tonga Oceania Oceania Trinidad and Tobago Americas America Central and South Tunisia Africa Africa North Turkey Europe Europe Other Turkmenistan Europe Asia Central Turks and Caicos Islands British Americas Other Tuvalu Oceania Oceania Uganda Africa Africa Sub Saharan Ukraine Europe Europe Other United Arab Emirates Middle East Middle East United States Americas America North Uruguay Americas America Central and South Uzbekistan Europe Asia Central Vanuatu Oceania Oceania Vatican City Europe Europe Other Venezuela Americas America Central and South Vietnam Asia Asia South East Virgin Islands British Americas Other Virgin Islands US Americas America North Wallis and Futuna Oceania Oceania Western Sahara Africa Africa No
14. Home Office published statistics on entry clearance which provided details of all visas applications grants and refusals worldwide http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20100422120657 http www ukvisas gov uk en aboutus sta tistics These are now incorporated within Immigration Statistics releases The COI Service is a team of specialist researchers who research and collate information on countries giving rise to asylum claims in the UK http www ukba homeoffice gov uk policyandlaw guidance coi The Towards Harmonised European Statistics on International Migration THESIM project brings together data suppliers and users at the national and EU level and has also created a strong international network of key academic experts on migration statistics in the EU The project included creating a book THESIM Towards Harmonised European Statistics on International Migration fee required which provides an up to date and comprehensive picture of the whole system of statistical data sources on international migration and asylum in the European Union www uclouvain be en 12321 html Users of migration statistics are able to join an email based User Group forum for discussion The user group can be accessed at https www jiscmail ac uk cgi bin wa exe AO0 migration stats Recent and previous reviews Consultation on changes to immigration related Home Office statistical outputs 2011 summary of responses to the consultation and outcom
15. Scheme has been discontinued following the removal of labour market restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals at the end of 2013 Settlement is a grant of indefinite leave to enter on arrival or indefinite leave to remain after entry to a non EEA national Statistical Significance The International Passenger Survey interviews a sample of passengers passing through ports within the UK As with all sample surveys the estimates produced from them are based upon one of a number of different samples that could have been drawn at that point in time This means that there is a degree of variability around the estimates produced This variability sometimes may present misleading changes in figures as a result of the random selection of those included in the sample If a change or a difference between estimates is described as statistically significant it means that statistical tests have been carried out to reject the possibility that the change has occurred by chance Therefore statistically significant changes are very likely to reflect real changes in migration patterns Students are non EEA nationals travelling to the UK primarily or solely for the purpose of study 13 c The short term student category replaced the student visitor category on 24 April 2015 rst and provides for those people who wish to come to the UK in order to undertake a short period of study which will be completed within the period of their leave maximum si
16. Sponsored visa applications Certificate of Sponsorship used Admissions for work Grants of in country extensions of stay for work Work related grants of settlement and International Passenger Survey estimates of work related immigration Background on the statistics There are a range of measures used to monitor those subject to immigration control coming to the UK to work These include those listed above together with numbers allocated National Insurance numbers which provide an indication of migrants entering the labour market The figures reflect changes over time in levels of immigration to the UK as well as policy and legislative changes The availability and allocation of resources within the Home Office can affect the number of decisions These various statistics and research can appear to give different pictures of immigration for work Often this is because the latest data for different measures cover different time periods They also count different aspects of the immigration process with some showing intentions or permissions whilst others show actual events The Points based system The Points based system PBS rationalises the immigration control processes for people coming into the UK for work or study who are not EEA or Swiss nationals although not all work and study endorsements were superseded by a PBS endorsement The PBS has five Tiers four of these Tiers 1 2 3 and 5 relate to permission to work Ti
17. UNHCR Gateway demonstrates the UK s proud tradition of providing protection to refugees and of the UK s commitment to supporting UNHCR s global effort to provide durable solutions to the plight of refugees On resettlement the refugees are provided with a twelve month package of housing and integration support provided by partnerships involving local authorities and NGOs The Home Office also operates the smaller Mandate scheme which is designed to resettle individual refugees from anywhere in the world who have been recognised as refugees by UNHCR and judged by them to be in need of resettlement and who have a close family member in the UK who is willing to accommodate them Those arriving in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme are granted Humanitarian Protection not refugee status The scheme was launched in January 2014 with the first arrivals coming in March 2014 The figures do not include those relocated to the UK under the ex gratia scheme for Afghan locally engaged civilians Post decision review There are a number of reasons why an initial decision may be subject to a post decision review an asylum decision by the Secretary of State can be later reviewed as a result of additional information and or significant changes in the applicant s current circumstances and the relevant country of origin information Following consultation in 2011 data on post decision reviews are no longer published in the Immigratio
18. a minimum income threshold of 18 600 with higher levels for also sponsoring non EEA dependent children e extending from 2 years to 5 years the minimum probationary period before non EEA spouses and partners can apply for settlement in the UK e abolishing immediate settlement for the migrant spouse or partner where a couple have been living together overseas for at least 4 years and requiring them to complete a 5 year probationary period e introduction of a genuineness test for relationships and e allowing adult dependants to settle in the UK only where they can demonstrate that as a result of age illness or disability they require a level of long term personal care that can only be provided by a relative in the UK and requiring them to apply from overseas rather than switch in the UK from another category for example as a visitor The new Immigration Rules also aims to balance the rights of the individual with the public interest in controlling immigration and protecting the public with requirements defining the basis on which a person can enter or remain in the UK on the basis of their family or private life 100 Further information about the rules changes including consultation proposals and responses announcements about the changes impact assessments and the report of the Migration Advisory Committee are available at lt https www gov uk government collections family and private life rule changes 9 july 2012 gt The 201
19. across Europe through the adoption of harmonised definitions There are differences between definitions of the asylum figures in Immigration Statistics and those provided to Eurostat For asylum applications these are as follows e the Immigration Statistics figures on fresh applications include those who have made a fresh claim in the same reference month while figures provided to Eurostat exclude these applicants e the figures on withdrawn applications published in Immigration Statistics only show withdrawn first applications and will continue to do so The figures provided to Eurostat include withdrawn re applications as well e the Immigration Statistics figures on pending applications include withdrawn applications while figures provided to Eurostat exclude these e figures in the Immigration Statistics are National Statistics whereas the monthly information on the most recent months provided to Eurostat is based on provisional Official Statistics which is subject to change e from November 2012 the data have been provided to Eurostat monthly and revised annually usually in August the data are not revised quarterly in line with the Immigration Statistics release 73 i g XA 11 Detention Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published on three main series of data as National Statistics e People entering detention including occurrences of people entering detention Tables dt 01 dt 04 q e People lea
20. cannot be identified separately from applicants in other routes covered by this category The Home Office is reviewing the collection of data relating to ADR settlement visas Data are being developed and subject to resolving any data quality recording issues it is planned to publish data in the future specifically relating to those settlement visas A manual review of the available management information to identify ADR applications granted in the period from 1 November 2012 to 30 September 2013 indicates that 34 settlement visas were issued in 101 that period to an adult dependent relative under the new family Immigration Rules This information is provisional and subject to change Corresponding information on applications is not available Cases on hold Spouse or partner and child applications under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules which fell for refusal solely because they did not meet the minimum income threshold were subject to a hold on decision making following the 5 July 2013 High Court judgment in MM amp Others https www gov uk government publications minimum income threshold information for family visa applicants minimum income threshold information for family visa applicants On 11 July 2014 the Court of Appeal upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income threshold for spouses partners and children applying in the family route From 28 July 2014 the 4 000 individuals whose applications visa or extension wer
21. collections migration transparency data Making comparisons between different sources Admissions Passenger arrivals Similarly to entry clearance visas admissions passenger arrivals of non EEA nationals are available by category However data on admissions and on entry clearance cannot be directly compared as they use different counts of the same group of people Entry clearance counts number of visas and arrivals counts number of passengers both of which may count an individual twice in the same period but for different reasons In addition the latest data released relate to different time periods There are a range of other reasons for the differences between these figures which include e visas can be granted in one period and the individual arrives in a later period e the individual may not arrive e the individual may make more than one journey into the UK in the period the visa is valid e notall individuals arriving require a visa for entry and 36 e arrivals are based on estimates of landing cards while visas granted IS are sourced from the database used to process the visas There are further differences when data are considered at a category level The short term student visa which became obsolete on 1 September 2007 when the student visitor visa was introduced is included within student visitors for entry clearance visa data and students for passenger arrivals data the rules that applied for
22. departure These persons can be identified either at embarkation controls or by a variety of data matching initiatives Ordinary visitors are non EEA nationals admitted to the UK for a period not exceeding six months on condition that they do not work reside in the UK for long periods or access public funds Passengers returning includes both people who are settled in the UK who have been absent for less than two years and those subject to a limited leave to enter who have returned within the time limit of that leave The initial admissions of such passengers will have been counted in a specific category in the relevant time period 11 c A permanent residence card is issued to non EEA family members of EEA nationals to rise confirm their right of permanent residence in the UK as a family member of an EEA national They must have been living in accordance with EU laws relating to free movement rights for a continuous period of five years The permanent residence card is valid for ten years Non EEA family members are not obliged to apply for a permanent residence card The Points based system PBS is the main route for non EEA nationals working and studying in the UK It consists of five tiers See the definitions for the individual tiers Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 and Tier 5 for further information Port of entry is an airport seaport or rail terminal through which people from outside the UK enter the country Post decis
23. e Eurostat comparisons of grants of citizenship across different European countries http ec europa eu eurostat en web products statistics in focus KS SF 11 024 and e Data on the number of Life in the UK Tests taken and the pass rate for citizenship applications are published as Official Statistics and are available from https www gov uk government collections migration transparency data e Who are the UK s new citizens Centre on Migration Policy and Society COMPAS Breakfast Briefing Summary July 2011 http www compas ox ac uk fileadmin files People staff_publications Gidley 5671 20Compas 20Briefing9620Doc96207 59620final pdf e Eurostat comparisons of grants of citizenship across different European countries EU Member states granted citizenship to more than 800 000 persons in 2010 EUROSTAT Statistics in Focus 45 2012 http ec europa eu eurostat en web products statistics in focus KS SF 12 045 The regular data on grants acquisition and renunciation loss of citizenship collected by Eurostat for all Member States is published at Acquisition of citizenship data for European member states 2002 to 2013 http appsso eurostat ec europa eu nui show do dataset migr acq amp lang en Loss of citizenship data for European member states 2007 to 2013 http appsso eurostat ec europa eu nui show do dataset migr Ict amp lang en 59 10 Asylum Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published as Nat
24. either voluntarily or forcibly whom in the main the Home Office has sought to remove European Economic Area information on nationals from the EEA Work immigration for work Study immigration for study Family immigration for family reasons Purpose Immigration Statistics provides figures on the levels and trends in numbers of people who are covered by the UK s immigration control and related processes based on a range of administrative and other data sources used The purpose of the statistics is to give an overview of the work of the Home Office including that of UK Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration and other government departments and agencies dealing with immigration to help inform users including the government Parliament the media and the wider public and to support the development and monitoring of policy Currently these statistics are published four times a year in February May August and November with detailed annual tables updated once a year generally in August The UK Statistics Authority assessed the release in autumn 2011 and published the assessment report on 2 February 2012 continuing the designation of the release as National Statistics In general the commentary on each topic is intended to provide an overview of trends over several years subject to data availability and does not necessarily focus on the latest quarterly data e g if substantive trends indicated are unchanged The current sys
25. elsewhere e Statistics specific to work and family routes see the Work and Family topics e Asylum grants see the Asylum topic e IPS estimates of long term international migration see below for an explanation of the differences between the data and e Data on the number of Life in the UK Tests taken and the pass rate for settlement applications are published as Official Statistics and are available from https www gov uk government collections migration transparency data 51 Long Term International Migration estimates of immigration Estimates of people immigrating to the UK broken down by country of citizenship and reason for immigration are published by the Office for National Statistics ONS in two series e Long Term International Migration LTIM and e International Passenger Survey IPS estimates of long term international migration providing a series by country of citizenship and reason for immigration The statistics of grants of settlement i e people subject to immigration control who are allowed to remain in the UK indefinitely provide a measure of the longer term immigration of people subject to immigration control Settlement generally occurs after a period of two or more years of residency in the UK By comparison international migration as measured by the ONS International Passenger Survey is based on change of usual residence for a period of at least a year using the UN definition of an internati
26. extracts detailed data quality checks are carried out to ascertain whether the case should be counted Data on asylum support are quality assured with a team within the Home Office by comparing the figures against their own records Data on the fast track process are quality assured by teams at Harmondsworth and Yarl s Wood against their own records See the data quality section above for further details Trends of asylum appeals are compared against figures published by the HM Courts and Tribunal Service All data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with Home Office operational and policy teams After these reconciliation checks the tables ready for release are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen 71 AP le in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere e Figures on asylum applicants who are removed or depart voluntarily are included in the Removals and voluntary departures topic e Figures on asylum related grants of settlement are included in the Settlement topic e The Ministry of Justice publishes data on immigration and asylum appeals at First tier Tribunal and subsequent stages see below for an explanation of the relationship and differences
27. for asylum decisions have been taken from the Asylum Case Information Database Prior to this date manual counts were taken Most of the historical manual count figures relate to main applicants excluding dependants Since 2007 third country cases are no longer automatically defined as asylum cases unless the person has claimed asylum in the UK This change affects a small number of cases Following the introduction of a new approach to family and private life involving considering applications against a new set of immigration rules from July 2012 asylum tables have been updated to include outcomes related to these types of applications For more information please see the glossary for definitions of Private Life and Family Life 10 year route and the Policy and Legislative Timeline From April 2013 grants of DL to UASCs was replaced by UASC leave when the policy on granting discretionary leave to UASC was incorporated into the Immigration Rules under Paragraphs 352ZC 352ZF The asylum tables were updated to include the new outcome related to these types of UASC applications For more information please see the glossary for a definition of UASC leave From 2 September 2011 all individuals refused asylum or Humanitarian Protection on the grounds of their war crimes or other international crimes committed prior to their arrival in the UK but who cannot be immediately removed due to the European Convention of Human Rights ECHR may be grant
28. gov uk government publications review of the restrictions on bulgaria and romanian nationals found that lifting the current restrictions could cause more EU2 nationals to come to the UK to work particularly in lower skilled occupations where there is greater risk of displacement of resident workers and a negative impact on wages The Government announced on 23 November 2011 that these controls would be extended until the end of 2013 Transitional restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals were lifted on 1 January 2014 Following the accession of Croatia to the EU on 1st July 2013 similar transitional restrictions to those relating to Bulgarian and Romanians were placed on their working in the UK More information can be found on the Home Office web site at https www gov uk croatian national Key terms Accession worker cards are issued to highly skilled skilled and temporary workers from Bulgaria Romania and Croatia Highly skilled applicants are exempt from transitional restrictions while skilled and temporary workers employed by companies in the UK are issued a certificate for 12 months after which they may apply for a registration certificate Registration certificates are issued to Bulgarian Romanian and Croatian nationals who are exempt from the transitional controls and employed workers after 12 months living in the UK in accordance with the Regulations Definitions of document types can be found in the glossary of terms
29. his or her own right who is separated from both parents and is not being cared for by an adult who by law has responsibility to do so The method for counting Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children was changed in August 2013 The counting definition for applications from a UASC now used is An asylum application received from a main applicant who is treated as an unaccompanied child for at least one day from the date of their application up until where applicable the initial decision The counting definition for an initial decision or withdrawal is An initial decision on or application withdrawal from someone treated as an unaccompanied child for at least one day between the dates of their asylum application and the initial decision though excluding anyone whose recorded date of birth indicates they were over 18 at the date of the application The age groups provided relate to the age at application initial decision or withdrawal as appropriate based on the date of birth recorded when the data were extracted Age disputed cases When an asylum applicant s claim to be a child is doubted and they have little or no evidence to support their claimed age the Home Office will conduct an initial age assessment Applicants whose physical appearance demeanour very strongly suggests that they are significantly over 18 years of age will be treated as adults until there is credible documentary or other persuasive evidence to demonstrate the age c
30. or Irish Republic citizenship Dependants are eligible to apply for settlement at the same time as the main migrant as long as they have lived with him or her in the UK for a probationary period Dependants who entered the UK after 9 July 2012 are required to complete a five year probationary period before they can apply for settlement previously there was a two year probationary period Grants are counted once in the year in which they occur subsequent journeys are counted in Table ad 02 as described in the Admissions topic notes If a settled person is absent from the UK for more than two years he she will be treated as a new arrival unless there are special circumstances immediate settlement may be granted again in which case the person would be counted in more than one year s figures of settlement or the person might be re admitted with limited leave Numbers of applications for settlement are not published within the Immigration Statistics releases Using the data When comparing some aspects of settlement data significant changes in the Immigration Rules enlargement of the European Union and various Home Office programmes need to be considered including 49 ey A Tris e family formation and reunion grants in 2003 to 2005 are likely to have been affected by the increase in the qualifying period for settlement in April 2003 delaying grants that may otherwise have occurred earlier e work related grants in 2006 to 200
31. org els mig imo2013 htm 107 The United Nations Statistics Division and the United Nations Population Division also provide data on migration including stocks flows labour migration and asylum http unstats un org unsd demographic sconcerns migration Other sources of information The Home Office is responsible for securing the UK borders and controlling migration in the UK The Home Office manages border control for the UK enforcing immigration and customs regulations and considers applications for permission to enter or stay in the UK citizenship and asylum The Government wishes to manage legal migration in the interests of the UK economy and there are eligibility requirements for people who want to work in the UK The Working in the UK section of the UK Border Agency now Home Office website https www gov uk government organisations uk visas and immigration provides details of most of the routes available to foreign nationals who want to come to the UK to work and the Policy and Law section provides a reference source on immigration and asylum law The About Us section provides a growing number of Official Statistics on the immigration work of the Home Office International Group part of the Home Office runs the UK s visa service through British diplomatic posts abroad visa application centres and online Online information is available on visa applications https www gov uk visas immigration Previously the
32. periods while care is taken in collecting and collating all the information obtained the figures are subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large recording system and are not necessarily accurate to the last digit There are a range of different types of errors possible such as those resulting from recording errors or misclassifications The data provided rounded are e passenger arrivals sampling methods are used to provide counts of completed landing cards and therefore these data are rounded see the Admissions section of this User Guide for details on the sampling and rounding methods used e grants of settlement to Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals in Table se 06 between 1960 and 1996 which are rounded to the nearest ten and between 1997 and 2002 which are rounded to the nearest five due to unrounded data not currently being available and e asylum applications received by other countries in Table as 07 q which are rounded to the nearest 100 e asylum applications Table as 01 for 1989 to 1993 and as 02 for 1989 to 2001 are rounded to the nearest 5 Table as 02 for 1991 to 2001 are rounded to the nearest 100 due to dependants applications being estimated In the topic briefs data have occasionally been rounded for ease of reading where appropriate based on the size of numbers that are being reported Each topic brief reports any rounding used In all cases except passenger arrivals data the round half away from ze
33. person applying for asylum in the UK after 3 April 2000 would only be eligible to apply for support through NASS apart from some in country cases that were part of the roll out Before 3 April 2000 asylum seekers depending on the location of their application for asylum could apply for support from the Department of Social Security now part of the Department for Work and Pensions or local authorities NASS was disbanded in 2006 This service is now delivered by Asylum Support teams part of International and Immigration Asylum Group based in various regional locations but managed centrally The legislation in respect of eligibility for asylum support and the categories of support available has not changed Where an applicant has made more than one application for support during a year only one application is recorded in the tables The data in the tables therefore reflect the total number of main applicants applying for support It should be noted however that where an applicant has made an application for support in two separate years this will be recorded as an application in each year The figures relating to asylum seekers in receipt of support include dependants unless otherwise stated 65 Asylum seekers are accommodated in Northern Ireland only if they apply for asylum there Resettlement schemes The UK Gateway Protection Resettlement Programme is operated in partnership with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
34. report by the EMN as a source for international comparisons across the European Union Since 2008 this report has mainly used data supplied to Eurostat as part of the Migratory Statistics Regulation EC No 862 2007 The Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development OECD was established in 1961 Its mission has been to help its member countries to achieve sustainable economic growth and employment and to raise the standard of living in member countries while maintaining financial stability The OECD collects statistics annually from statistical agencies and other institutions of its member countries needed for the analysis of economic and social developments by its in house analysts committees working parties and member country governments OECD databases and publications of migration statistics including Databases on Migration in OECD countries and the annual International Migration Outlook SOPEMI can be found on the OECD website http www oecd org topic 0 3699 en 2649 37415 1 1 1 1 37415 00 html Salt J 2012 International Migration and the United Kingdom Report of the United Kingdom SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD http www geog ucl ac uk research transnational spaces migration research unit pdfs sopemi report 2012 2012 London Migration Research Unit OECD publish an annual volume analysing international migration and presenting international comparisons entitled International Migration Outlook http www oecd
35. short term students provide a reasonable equivalence to student visitors for entry clearance visas but not for passengers arriving Extensions of stay Entry clearance visas granted and grants of an extension of stay should not be summed as they are indicators of different aspects of migration Also individuals could be counted in both if the two grants occur within the same year Extensions of stay in a particular category can be granted to those who entered on the same or a different category The latter group of people are sometimes known as switchers In some circumstances extensions of stay may be applied for by someone who originally did not require an entry clearance visa due to their nationality and original intended length of stay Long Term International Migration estimates of immigration Estimates of people immigrating to the UK broken down by country of citizenship and reason for immigration are published by the Office for National Statistics ONS in two series e Long Term International Migration LTIM e International Passenger Survey IPS estimates of long term international migration providing a series by country of citizenship and reason for immigration These data are published by ONS in the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report ONS s overall data provide a better indication of long term trends of immigration than visas granted and passenger arrivals data because the ONS totals include UK and other EU nati
36. since 2004 and a split of those refused entry by port location UK juxtaposed controls available from 2005 onwards Data quality Overall the data quality for the total numbers of passengers initially refused entry at port is considered to be high These data e are administrative counts of Border Force s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors e undergo a detailed reconciliation process and e are subject to internal data quality checks The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number of cases e n some cases there is insufficient evidence on the database to confirm that a refusal took place in which case it is not counted As part of the quarterly reconciliation process Migration Statistics investigate these cases and pass the issues back to Border Force If the record is amended and the relevant additional information added these refusals are counted in the revised figures and e Prior to 2005 the total number of those refused at juxtaposed controls was not recorded Data are supplied to Eurostat the European statistical organisation under definitions in line with EU statistical legislation The f
37. specific to work study and family routes see the Work Study and Family topics e International Passenger Survey estimates of immigration see below for an explanation of the relationship and differences between the data e Home Office business plan impact and input indicators showing various management data available from https www gov uk government organisations uk visas and immigration e TheCivil Aviation Authority publishes statistics relating to UK airports available from http www caa co uk default aspx catid 80 amp pagetype 88 amp pageid 3 amp sglid 3 and e Maritime Statistics are published by the Department for Transport and are available at https www gov uk government organisations department for transport series ports statistics Historical data on travel trends from 1980 to 2014 were published in ONS s bulletin Travel trends 2014 http www ons gov uk ons rel ott travel trends 2014 rpt travel trends 20 14 html Data on the clearance of passengers at the border within published standards and the cost of passengers cleared at the border are published as official statistics by the Home Office as part of their key input and impact indicators https www gov uk government collections migration transparency data Long term International Migration estimates of immigration Estimates of people immigrating to the UK broken down by country of citizenship and reason for immigration are published by the Office for National
38. tier and may have different ratings for each tier Industry sector has been classified using the 21 sections of Standard Industrial Classification SIC listed on the Office for National Statistics website http www ons gov uk ons guide method classifications current standard classifications standard industrial classification index html Further information about CoS is given at https www gov uk uk visa sponsorship employers Confirmation of acceptance for studies CAS To apply for a student visa or for an extension as a student Tier 4 individuals must use a confirmation of acceptance for studies CAS from a sponsoring educational institution using the four step process similar to CoS All Tier 4 sponsors are expected to be education providers who can meet the standards the Home Office have set for highly trusted sponsors HTS When a sponsor successfully applies for a Tier 4 sponsor licence the Home Office will give them an A rating This is a transitional rating for 12 months The sponsor must apply for HTS status no later than 12 months from the date they were granted their licence Prior to 5 September 2011 it was possible for some CAS sponsors to be B rated This was either because the Home Office had concerns about their ability to meet all of their sponsor duties or because they had interim accreditation from one of the previously approved accreditation bodies Legacy sponsors cannot sponsor any new students They can continu
39. to specific sites In 2014 the data went through a detailed reconciliation process with Harmondsworth and Yarl s Wood and a few data quality issues were identified A number of improvements were made to the extraction process Data for earlier years do not get revised The method for recording an individual as being an UASC or being subject to an age assessment on the CID database means that while new cases are considered to be well recorded instances where the individual is no longer a UASC or has had an age assessment made may not be recorded in a quantifiable way For example theoretically 1 the CID database allows those who turn 18 to remain recorded as an unaccompanied minor and 2 the caseworker may record the outcome of an age assessment as a note but not officially close the age dispute The computer code employed has been written and tested to mitigate these possible scenarios as far as possible although the counts may include some applicants as UASCs and age disputes in error Data supplied to Eurostat Data are supplied to Eurostat the European statistical organisation under definitions in line with EU statistical legislation There are differences between definitions of the asylum figures in Immigration Statistics and those provided to Eurostat These are detailed under Related statistics published elsewhere Data on asylum applications in other countries Data on the number of asylum applications received in other countri
40. totals are quality assured by the Home Office Outcome analysis The outcome analysis of asylum applications table provides data relating to asylum applications appeals fresh claims and removals and voluntary departures The quality of these data is considered to generally be high The table also provides estimated outcomes of applications these data are considered to be of medium data quality as they report on the outcomes of a complex system and in a small proportion of cases the outcome has to be interpreted This interpretation is undertaken consistently through established computer code Fresh claims the fast track process UASCs and age disputes Data are considered to be medium to high quality All data on the fast track process have undergone a reconciliation process with Harmondsworth and Yarl s Wood For data relating to 2012 an improved reconciliation exercise was undertaken A total of 270 cases slightly more than 10 were removed from the original data following this detailed exercise as they were determined to have never been accepted on the Fast Track process This suggests that data for earlier years may over count In 2013 the data on asylum applicants accepted onto the fast track process and outcomes of these applications were consolidated to show totals rather than being broken down by detention facility This is to reflect changes to operational procedures which mean that it is not possible to allocate fast track cases
41. visas including some family visas permit a person to stay indefinitely However the administrative database does not allow the resulting numbers of visas granted to be accurately split into the three classifications of temporary leading to settlement and settlement as some visas are used for more than one of these classifications Entry clearance visas can be applied for and granted to a main applicant and their dependants Dependants are allocated an entry clearance category according to the circumstances of their application Within the Points based system PBS a child or partner will be recorded as a dependant under the tier of the main applicant unless he she has applied for and been granted a PBS visa in their own right when they will be included as a main applicant Outside of the PBS many visas for dependants are specific to the visa for the main applicant However there are a number of visas which act as a catch all for dependants these are included within Dependants joining accompanying 32 There are also some visas which can be used for both main applicants and dependants Iris and therefore it is not possible to provide an accurate split of total main applicants and total dependants Using the data The figures of entry clearance visas granted show intentions to visit rather than actual arrivals and individuals can arrive at any time during the period that the visa is valid Entry clearance visa
42. with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used to take account of such issues There are data quality issues concerning a very small fraction 196 of the admissions totals for example e Out of the total 14 6 million arrivals in 2014 in the Other category Table ad 03 o a very small proportion 19 800 were arrivals where the category of arrival was not known It has not been possible to revisit these data This issue has occurred in previous years when 30 000 41 arrivals in 2013 59 700 arrivals in 2012 and 74 900 arrivals in 2011 were recorded as category unknown e A few admissions were shown as being in PBS categories before the start of the PBS It is not possible to determine the correct category of entry so these eight admissions have been included within the category Others given leave to enter Compilation method Passenger arrival data are sourced from returns made by individual ports and landing cards completed by non EEA nationals crossing the UK border Landing cards are either collated at Port or sent to the Landing Card Unit Home Office see background on the statistics Data are then input onto a database from which the data are collated and published as National Statistics quarterly total passenger arrivals or half yearly non EEA nationals Combined with data from the International Passenger Survey summary and detailed tab
43. 011 https www gov uk government publications migrant journey research report 57 In 2013 the Home Office published a third report which continues the series by providing new analysis on two further cohorts of migrants granted entry clearance visas in 2005 and 2006 and migrants granted settlement in 2010 and 2011 The report also provides updated estimates for the previously published 2004 and 2009 cohorts For the first time migrants granted visit visas have been included For more information see the Migrant Journey Third Report Eaton 2013 https www gov uk government publications migrant journey third report In 2014 the Home Office published a fourth report which continues to explore migrants journeys through the UK s immigration For more information see the Migrant Journey Fourth Report https www gov uk government publications migrant journey fourth report 104 In 2015 the Home Office published a fifth report which continues to explore migrants journeys through the UK s immigration For more information see the Migrant Journey Fifth Report https www gov uk government statistics migrant journey fifth report Research Reports on immigration control are published by Home Office Science as reports and occasional papers https www gov uk government organisations home office series migration research and analysis Previous Home Office statistical publications Statistical information on grants of Br
44. 05 earlytindings pdf Abstract http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoffice go v uk rds closed stats consults html Implementation X http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoffice g Plan August ov uk rds pdfs07 cpreview07 pdf 2006 Review of Border and Immigration Agency Statistics on Control of Immigration consultation February 2008 http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoftice gov uk rds pdfsO7 bi a immig stat review 07 pdf 25 Official Statistics and National Statistics Official Statistics are data which are collected for the purpose of supporting government business In the Immigration Statistics release any data described as Official Statistics are drawn from the Home Office s administrative systems and have not necessarily been subject to the same detailed verification processes as those badged as National Statistics NS For example such figures may include a data produced internally for operational management purposes in the first instance rather than produced solely for the published statistics or b data added to the Home Office s migration statistics publications after these were last designated as National Statistics and prior to re designation as NS by the UK Statistics Authority Under the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 framework the designation of new statistics as National Statistics
45. 1 Family Consultation concentrated on the family route non EEA nationals entering or remaining in the UK on the basis of a relationship with a British citizen or a person settled in the UK but also looked more widely at all forms of family migration including Point Based System dependants refugee family reunion and family visitors It is not possible to separately identify applications made or decided under the previous or new rules Not all of the family route statistics from 9 July 2012 onwards relate to the new Immigration Rules in Appendix FM for the reasons outlined below e Applications made in the quarters shown in the data may be resolved in subsequent periods or may be resolved at the end of the period covered by the data Decisions may relate to applications made in earlier quarters and may include decisions based on the family Immigration Rules in place before 9 July 2012 e There was a late surge prior to 9 July 2012 in applications under the old rules which will be reflected in the data on decisions made on or after that date The data also include the outcome of appeals an appeal outcome from a case decided under the rules in force prior to 9 July 2012 may appear as a decision from 9 July 2012 e The Immigration Rules in force before 9 July 2012 still applied after this date to fianc e s or proposed civil partners granted entry clearance or leave to remain before 9 July 2012 or who applied before this date and were
46. 14 15 16 17 may overstate because some applicants aged 18 or over may claim to be younger on their date of departure Data are supplied to Eurostat the European statistical organisation under definitions in line with EU statistical legislation There are differences between definitions of the removals and voluntary departure figures in Immigration Statistics and those provided to Eurostat These are detailed under Related statistics published elsewhere The figures supplied to Eurostat are not quality assured to the same level as the data published in Immigration Statistics as it is not possible to reconcile the data under the definitions used by Eurostat with the Home Office Compilation method Each Friday evening a weekly snapshot of the Case Information Database CID is taken On a quarterly basis generally during the second week after the end of the reference period an extract of removals and voluntary departures data is taken from this snapshot by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be published The only exceptions to this are the data on the harm assessment of those removed which are provided directly by the Home Office Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics reconcile the removals and voluntary departures dataset with teams within the Home Office b
47. 154 993 up 196 in 2010 from 145 279 to 146 264 up 196 in 2011 from 134 949 to 135 790 up 196 in 2012 from 141 373 to 144 357 up 296 and in 2013 from 152 965 to 155 385 up 2 Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Other factors affecting the statistics The variations in totals of applications recorded and decisions made reflect changing resource priorities within the Home Office as well as policy changes and other factors The number of decisions made in 2008 was comparatively low when staff resources were temporarily transferred from decision making to deal with the administration of new applications Grant levels reduced in the second and third quarters of 2014 as UKVI resources were used to assist HM Passport Office Data quality The data reflect the outcome of reconsidered decisions These may result in outcomes recorded in later periods i e a refusal which is followed by a reconsidered decision may be shown as a grant in a later period Such reconsiderations appear to make little difference to the overall trends in the data based on the size of revisions made Overall the data quality for the total numbers of those granted and refused British citizenship is considered to be high These data e are administrative counts of the Home O
48. 25 pdf Home Affairs Committee Report Immigration Cap http www parliament uk business committees committees a z commons select home affairs committee news 101028 immigration cap report House of Commons library briefing papers http www parliament uk briefing papers SN05881 Impact assessment change to family rules https www gov uk government uploads system uploads attachment data file 257357 fam impact state pdf Underpinning announcement of change to policy http www parliament uk briefing papers SN06353 Prime Minister s speech http www bbc co uk news uk politics 1 3083781 But by far the biggest route for non EU entrants into this country has been the student visa route Immigration by students has almost trebled in the past decade Last year some 303 000 visas were issued overseas for study in the UK But the most significant route to permanent settlement is the economic migration route Last year 84 000 people who initially came on a work visa got the right to settle here PQ answers PQ 208559 http www publications parliament uk pa cm201415 cmhansrd cm1409 1 2 text 140912w0001 htm PQ 197467 http Awww publications parliament uk pa cm201314 cmhansrd cm14051 2 text 140512w0004 htm ONS Migration Statistics Quarterly Report http www ons gov uk ons rel migration1 migration statistics quarterly report february 2013 msqr feb13 html DWP National Insurance Number NINo Allocations to Adult Overseas National
49. 5832 http rds homeoffice gov uk rds immigrati on asylum publications html The amalgamation of the Control of Immigration British Citizenship Statistics and the Asylum Statistics publications was in line with wider developments in the reporting of migration statistics to reduce the number of separate publications and give a coherent picture within the annual and quarterly publications following the Review of Border and Immigration Agency now Home Office Statistics on Control of Immigration and the 2011 Consultation on changes to immigration related Home Office statistical outputs See Recent and previous reviews below Until May 2009 the Home Office published quarterly Official Statistics on the Worker Registration Scheme Accession Monitoring Report and the schemes for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals Bulgarian and Romanian Accession Statistics Past copies are available from the archived Home Office website http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20100503160445 http www ukba homeoffice gov uk about us reports Key findings and summary data for the EU2 countries continue to be included within the Immigration Statistics releases data on the Worker Registration Scheme were published for the final time on 25 August 2011 following its closure at the end of April 2011 105 Migration transparency data Performance data related to areas in the Home Office business plan which lists the key input and impact indicators rel
50. 8 are likely to have been affected by the increase in the qualifying period in April 2006 delaying grants that may otherwise have occurred earlier and e asylum related grants of settlement were at high levels between 2004 and 2007 due to the Family Indefinite Leave to Remain exercise and due to grants to people given exceptional leave four years previously Table se 05 provides data on grants of settlement following a stay in the UK on removal of time limit to non EEA nationals by age The age profile is not representative of the age profile of everyone granted settlement as a relatively high proportion of under 16s are granted settlement on arrival In Table se 06 Pakistan which rejoined the Commonwealth on 1 October 1989 has been regarded as Commonwealth for the whole period since 1960 South Africa which rejoined the Commonwealth on 1 June 1994 has only been regarded as Commonwealth for the period it has been a member Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995 and has been regarded as Commonwealth from 1996 Zimbabwe has been included in Foreign from 2004 Rwanda has been included in Commonwealth from 2010 having joined the Commonwealth on 29 November 2009 Fiji which is currently suspended is currently included within the Commonwealth statistics For the purposes of this table the term Foreign means non Commonwealth up to 1998 and non Commonwealth and non EEA from 1999 onwards Key terms Many of the key t
51. Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Changes to data affecting the statistics Data on entry clearance visas have been released in a variety of publications between 1979 and 2002 entry clearance statistics were published in the Control of Immigration United Kingdom and in Entry Clearance Statistics a financial year publication between 2001 and 2008 09 and since the second quarter of 2008 within the Immigration Statistics release and its predecessor Visa statistics dating back to 2001 02 originally published by the UK Border Agency of the Home Office are available from the National Archives website at http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 201 10218 135832 http www ukvisas gov uk en aboutus stat istics visastatsarchive Caution should be exercised about making longer time series comparisons based on archived visa statistics because of important changes over time to the method by which visa statistics have been compiled and reported Between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2011 improvements were made to the presentation of the statistics The latest release provides comparable data for all time periods back to the first quarter of 2005 Due to a change of database in 2004 comparable data are not available for years prior to 2004 For the release of entry clearance visa statistics in Immigration Statistics October December 2012 the published tables were revised to include
52. National Insurance Number NINo for the purposes of work benefits or tax credits National Insurance Numbers allocated to Adult Overseas Nationals is available via the National Statistics hub www statistics gov uk hub population 106 Ay le The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency NISRA publishes Long term International Migration Estimates for Northern Ireland http www nisra gov uk demography default asp18 htm and the General Register Office for Scotland GROS www gro scotland gov uk statistics reports data on Population by Country of Birth and Nationality and the High Level Summary of Statistical Trends publication includes data on migration The Ministry of Justice MoJ publishes Tribunals Service Quarterly Statistics and Annual Statistics containing financial year data on applications and decisions of immigration appeals https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series tribunals statistics The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR is mandated by the United Nations to lead and co ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well being of refugees It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State with the option to return home voluntarily integrate locally or to resettle in a third country The UNHCR website www unh
53. Office data do not provide information on emigration Specific examples Home Office data on their own do not provide a measure of net migration and the contribution of net migration to population growth so cannot be used to directly measure progress against the current government target to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands Equally visas granted data are more timely than ONS immigration data and as shown in the work study and family briefing sections they are likely to be a useful leading indicator for the non EU component of the ONS immigration figures Data quality of administrative data During the first half of 2002 an integrated database CID Case Information Database was introduced to record case information This database took over from many other databases was built for administrative purposes and information is collated from it for statistical purposes subject to data quality Age Sex Unknown Some tables on settlement citizenship asylum and removals and voluntary departures provide a split by age and or sex Within these tables there are categories for Sex unknown and Age unknown or Age sex unknown which reflect e Individuals where the date of birth and or sex is not recorded in the appropriate field of the CID In some cases the age and sex may be recorded elsewhere but it is not possible to use this information in the published tables e Individuals where the date of birth has been ident
54. Statistics ONS in two series 43 Ay le e Long Term International Migration LTIM and e International Passenger Survey IPS estimates of long term international migration providing a series by country of citizenship and reason for immigration These data provide a better indication of long term trends of immigration than visa grants and passenger arrivals data due to changes in immigration legislation and lack of information on the intentions of those not subject to immigration control in particular trends of student immigration are better tracked due to the introduction of the student visitor category on 1 September 2007 In summary the differences between passenger arrivals and long term migrants are e passenger arrivals are based on estimates of landing cards while long term migrants are based on the International Passenger Survey which uses different sampling methods e passenger arrivals include those intending to stay for less than 12 months and therefore not in the same group as long term migrants e the entry code on the landing card may be different from the stated main reason of stay when answering the IPS including those who switch visas while in the UK and e passenger arrivals by category exclude EEA and Swiss nationals while data from the IPS relate to EU and non EU nationals PASSENGERS INITIALLY REFUSED ENTRY Data source The statistics on passengers initially refused entry are extracted from the Hom
55. Studies used Admissions for study Grants of in country extensions of stay for study and IPS estimates of immigration for study Background on the statistics There are a number of different measures monitoring numbers of people coming to the UK for study as listed above These various statistics and research can appear to give different pictures of student immigration Often this is because the latest data for different measures cover different time periods They also count different aspects of the immigration process with some showing intentions or permissions while others show actual events The Points based system The points based system PBS rationalises the immigration control processes for people coming into the UK to work or study who are not EEA or Swiss nationals although not all work and study endorsements were superseded by a PBS endorsement The PBS has five tiers one of which Tier 4 provides a route for students to study with an approved education provider Tier 4 was implemented in March 2009 All pre PBS equivalent entry clearance visas should now be obsolete but visas continue to be granted in old endorsements For admissions and extensions of stay the phasing out of old categories will take longer Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alon
56. age dispute case it is Home Office policy to release the individual into the care of a local authority as soon as appropriate arrangements can be made because of the possibility that he she is under 18 years of age and while awaiting a Merton compliant age assessment which will be conducted in the community While awaiting an age assessment and if an age assessment shows the individual is under 18 the individual will be counted as aged under 18 and e in criminal cases detention of a foreign national offender under 18 may be authorised in exceptional circumstances where it can be shown that they pose a serious risk to the public and a decision to deport or remove has been taken This detention is subject to Ministerial authorisation and advice is also sought from the Independent Family Returns Panel Further information are available from e Coalition Programme for Government https Awww gov uk government uploads system uploads attachment_data file 7897 7 coalition_p rogramme_for_government pdf e December 2010 report into the Review into Ending the Detention of Children For Immigration Purposes https www gov uk government uploads system uploads attachment data file 257654 child detention conclusions pdf e The independent family returns panel annual report https Awww gov uk government publications independent family returns panel annual report 2011 to 2012 Further information on immigration removal centres and short term hold
57. ammes since 1999 They are delivered by Choices a subsidiary of the independent charity Refugee Action prior to April 2011 by the International Organization for Migration An asylum applicant is a person who either a makes a request to be recognised as a refugee under the Refugee Convention on the basis that it would be contrary to the UK s obligations under the Convention for him to be removed from or required to leave the UK or b otherwise makes a request for international protection Border Force Officers previously known as Immigration or UK Border Agency Officers working at the primary control point are responsible for checking the right of entry to the UK of all individuals arriving at seaports airports and via the Channel Tunnel As well as examining documentation and goods they may gather intelligence British citizens are people with citizenship usually through a connection with the UK birth adoption descent registration or naturalisation British citizens have the right of abode in the UK British overseas citizens are people connected with the former British colonies who for the most part did not acquire citizenship of the new country when it attained independence Hong Kong British dependent territories citizens became British overseas citizens on 1 July 1997 if they would otherwise have been stateless British overseas territories citizens BOTCs are people with citizenship through a connection with a British over
58. an Union on 1 January 2007 Nationals from these countries did not have an automatic right to work in the UK under the Accession Immigration and Worker Authorisation Regulations 2006 under which they were required to obtain appropriate authorisation to work unless they are exempt from the requirements Transitional restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals were lifted on 1 January 2014 27 7 Cs 1 Croatia joined the European Union EU on 1 July 2013 Transitional arrangements https www gov uk croatian national were introduced to restrict Croatian nationals access to the UK labour market 28 5 Visas and Sponsorship Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published as National Statistics on e Sponsoring employers and education institutions on the Home Office Register of Sponsors Tables cs 01 q cs 02 q cs 07 qandcs 08 q e Applicants for both visas and extensions of stay for work who use a Certificate of Sponsorship by Industry type and nationality Tables cs 03 cs 06 e Applicants for both visas and extensions of stay for study who use a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies by education provider and nationality Tables cs 09 cs 14 e Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes broken down by category and country of nationality Tables vi 01 q vi 06 q o and appeals Table vi 07 broken down by issuing post All of the tables listed above are published in the Spon
59. ance statistics do not separately identify adult dependent relatives of British Citizens and persons settled in the UK including under Appendix FM or under paragraph 317 of the Immigration Rules The following is a brief summary of the individuals included in each Family category e Family route Child o Children travelling to the UK for adoption o From July 2012 post flight children joining those with refugee leave or humanitarian protection previously included in Dependants joining accompanying Child This category does not include children of a parent given limited leave to enter or remain in the UK for a probationary period They are included in Dependants joining accompanying Child using the same visa endorsement as children joining accompanying migrants in other routes e Family route Child for immediate settlement o Adopted children o Children accompanying or joining parent s who are settled or being admitted for settlement in the UK e Family route Partner includes o Fianc e s and proposed civil partners o Partners granted visas for a probationary period o From July 2012 post flight partners joining those with refugee leave or humanitarian protection previously included in Dependants joining accompanying Partner e Family route Partner for immediate settlement route closed to new entrants except o Partners who are able to rely on transitional arrangements 33 o Partners of HM forces who qualify
60. ards which enable appellants who may not be suitable for the fast track process to be transferred from the scheme to the main appellate system The non suspensive appeals process Applicants who are refused asylum HP and DL may have the application for asylum termed clearly unfounded whether due to their country of nationality being a designated state or on a case by case basis Where an application is clearly unfounded any subsequent appeal has to be made through the non suspensive appeals process see glossary of terms The table for Non Suspensive Appeals been redesigned to provide more detailed information and clarity of definitions Total eligible for the non suspensive appeals process includes main applicants who have been refused asylum HP or DL where the refusal was certified as clearly unfounded Previously this category included a broader definition main applicants refused asylum HP or DL Since 22 May 2007 the designated countries have been Albania Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Ecuador Gambia males only Ghana males only India Jamaica Kenya males only Liberia males only Macedonia Malawi males only Mali males only Mauritius Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Nigeria males only Peru Serbia Sierra Leone males only South Africa and Ukraine Kosovo was designated until 17 February 2008 but returned to the list on 3 March 2010 South Korea has been designated since 3 March 2010 Asylum appeals The HM Co
61. assengers must present themselves on arrival at a port of entry to a Border Force Officer Under Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 officers have the power to conduct further examinations in cases where they are not immediately satisfied that the passenger meets the requirements of the Immigration Rules Officers who exercise these powers are utilising the powers provided under paragraph 2 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 A Border Force Officer may examine a person who has arrived in the UK in order to determine the following whether or not they are a British citizen whether or not they may enter without leave and whether e they have been given leave to enter which is still in force e they should be given leave to enter and for what period and on what conditions if any or e they should be refused leave to enter A person who is initially refused entry may then be removed Removal may be immediate on the next available flight which may require temporary admission or may be after a grant of temporary admission for another reason such as an appeal against a refusal of entry The removal may therefore be in a different period to the initial refusal 81 Ay le The Home Office also seeks to remove people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK This includes people who e enter or attempt to enter the UK illegally including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry overstay t
62. ata are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with Home Office operational and policy teams After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere e Entry clearance visas see the Visas topic e Passenger arrivals see the Admissions topic and e Statistics specific to work study and family routes see the Work Study and Family topics Information on the changes to the student and high value work routes from April 2011 and to the family route from July 2012 are provided in the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline Further details are available from http www parliament uk briefing papers SN05829 pdf 48 8 Settlement Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published as National Statistics on e Grants of settlement by category of grant and refusals Tables se 01 se 06 Data source The statistics on grants and refusals of settlement are extracted from the Home Office s Case Information Database CID and data from landing cards The data derived from CID are administrative information used for the processing of app
63. ata provided are found they are corrected before publication wherever possible A cross check of tables to ensure consistent totals is undertaken as part of the production process Data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with Home Office operational and policy teams Where the reasons for changes in the data can be identified e g operational or policy changes appropriate commentary is added to the text and table notes After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trends seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere Figures on allocations of National Insurance numbers NINos compulsory for people wishing to work in the UK whether short term or long term and which give an approximation of the uptake of work by non UK nationals are published by the Department for Work and Pensions https www gov uk government publications national insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the uk The Office for National Statistics has published on its web site a guide to the availability of data regarding Bulgarian and Romanian migration in 2014 http www ons gov uk ons rel migration1 migration statistics quarterly report november 2013 sty bulgaria and r
64. ata quality is not considered as high for resolved age disputes as other asylum data sets Fast track process Asylum cases are considered for the fast track process by NAAU National Asylum Allocations Unit only if there is a power in immigration law to detain and it appears that a quick decision is possible Children pregnant women families except in some instances of a family split and people with a physical or mental condition which cannot be treated in a detained situation are not considered for the process A decision on the asylum case including appeal should be concluded within 14 days Cases may be taken out of the fast track system before the initial decision and processed in the usual way Reasons for removal from the fast track process include pre decision appointments made by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture or the Helen Bamber Foundation applicants granted bail by the courts and cases reclassified by the courts The Immigration and Asylum Appeals Fast Track Procedure Rules set out the procedure for appealing if asylum and leave to enter is refused for those designated as fast track cases The Fast Track Procedure Rules have shorter time limits for the appellant and the respondent throughout the appeals process People on the fast track scheme are detained during the course of their appeal The rules also set out the times within which the Tribunal will deal with the appeals The rules include safegu
65. ate that they are endorsed by Home Office Migration Statistics or that they represent any official view of the Home Office 21 c Policy monitoring lobbying TIS A Refugee Council briefing on the asylum statistics http www refugeecouncil org uk policy briefings 2012 asylumstatsMay201 2 press statements http www refugeecouncil org uk news archive news 201 1 november 241111 press statement home office stats libyan syrian asylum numbers increase http www refugeecouncil org uk latest news 774 new asylum statistics show increase in libyan a nd syrian nationals seeking safety here Asylum Aid policy briefs http www asylumaid org uk data files womenbriefing pdf Migration Observatory briefings htto migrationobservatory ox ac uk briefings data resources http migrationobservatory ox ac uk data and resources charts create international comparisons policy primers htto migrationobservatory ox ac uk policy primers ICAR statistics briefings Key Statistics about Asylum Seeker Applications in the UK http www icar org uk ICAR 20Statistics 20Paper 201 20 20December 202009 20update pdf Asylum Decision Making and Appeals Process http www icar org ukKICAR 20Statistics 20Paper 202 20 20March 2009 20Update pdf Informing the general public s choices about the performance of government and public bodies UNHCR statistics reports http www unhcr org pages 49c3646c4a6 html news release htt
66. ating to borders and immigration are available here https www gov uk government collections migration transparency data This release also includes data which is regularly requested from the Home Office by the Home Affairs Select Committee on borders immigration and HM Passport Office Office for National Statistics ONS publications The ONS have published a conceptual framework for UK population and migration statistics at http www ons gov uk ons guide method method quality imps latest news conceptual framework a conceptual framework for population and migration statistics download file odf which aims to facilitate communication with users of population and migration statistics through the development of a shared understanding of the underlying concepts the available data and the methods used to produce key outputs Where relevant Home Office will adopt the framework in its future development of statistics The Migration Statistics Quarterly Report summarises the latest migration related statistics It is produced jointly by ONS the Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions DWP It includes data on long term international migration to and from the UK and migrant applications for work in the UK and the control of immigration It also links to the interactive Local Area Migration Indicators tool http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration The Long Term International Migration LTIM publication
67. ationality membership of a particular social group or political opinion is outside the country of their nationality or habitual residence where stateless and who is unable or owing to such a fear is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country Recognition of refugee status by the UK is a pre requisite to the grant of asylum in the country Registration certificates table ee 02 are issued to EEA nationals to confirm their right of residence in the UK on the basis that they are exercising a Treaty Right or they are the family member of an EEA national who is exercising Treaty Rights in the UK EEA nationals are not obliged to apply for a registration certificate unless they are applying on the basis of being an extended family member of another EEA national Registration certificates tables ee 01 and ee 01 q are documents issued to Bulgarian Romanian and Croatian nationals as evidence they were exempt from the requirement to obtain permission before commencing employment in the UK Transitional restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals were lifted on 1 January 2014 Removal of time limit is administrative action resulting in a non EEA national being granted indefinite leave to remain Residence cards table ee 02 are issued to non EEA national family members of an EEA national who is exercising Treaty Rights in the UK It confirms their right of residence as a family member of an EEA national and is normally issue
68. available from https www gov uk government publications foreign national offenders in detention and leaving detention PROSECUTIONS FOR IMMIGRATION OFFENCES Data source The statistics on prosecutions for immigration offences are supplied by the Ministry of Justice MOJ Background on the statistics The figures relate to the principal immigration offence This is where a defendant is prosecuted for at least one immigration offence but may have also been prosecuted for another non immigration offence When a defendant has been prosecuted for two or more immigration offences it is the immigration offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more immigration offences the immigration offence selected is the immigration offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe Where a defendant is prosecuted for one or more non immigration offences and one or more immigration offences the offence recorded is the principal immigration offence More detailed information is available from the MOJ Criminal Statistics Guide https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series criminal justice statistics the guide is available with the latest Criminal justice statistics release Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete However it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems g
69. awaiting a decision They could apply to switch into the partner route on the basis of the previous maintenance requirement and two year probationary period before settlement e Some applicants can still apply under old family rules via transitional arrangements Hence the statistics include both cases under the new and old rules and this will continue particularly in the extensions data where transitional arrangements will have a longer effect for future years e The new family rules were not applied to partners of members of HM Forces on 9 July 2012 applicants could rely on the pre 9 July 2012 rules until 30 November 2013 New Immigration Rules for partners of members of HM Forces were introduced on 1 December 2013 in Appendix Armed Forces but further transitional arrangements mean that some partners of members of HM Forces still received a decision under the pre 9 July 2012 rules from 1 December 2013 e Some family rules were unaffected by the 9 July 2012 changes such as children eligible to apply for immediate settlement under Part 8 of the Immigration Rules Adult Dependent Relatives The published statistics do not separately identify adult dependent relatives ADRs or cases decided under the old or new rules Within the published entry clearance visa tables data relating to adult dependent relatives of a British Citizen in the UK or a settled person in the UK are included in the category Family Other for immediate settlement but
70. ber of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere e Asylum applications and decisions see the Asylum topic 85 AP le e People recorded as being removed from the UK on leaving detention see the Detention topic e Passengers initially refused entry at port see the Admissions topic e Data on the Family returns process are published as Official Statistics and are available from https www gov uk government collections migration transparency data and e Eurostat comparisons of removals are available from http epp eurostat ec europa eu portal page portal statistics search database see below for an explanation of the relationship and differences between the data Eurostat data Under European legislation the UK is also required to comply with parts of Article 7 of regulation EC No 862 2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection http eur lex europa eu LexUriServ LexUriServ do uri OJ L 2007 199 0023 0029 EN PDF This regulation aims to achieve greater comparability in migration and asylum statistics across Europe through the adoption of harmonised definitions There are slight differences between definiti
71. bourg Europe EU 14 Macau Asia Asia East Macedonia Europe Europe Other Madagascar Africa Africa Sub Saharan Malawi Africa Africa Sub Saharan Malaysia Asia Asia South East Maldives Asia Asia South Mali Africa Africa Sub Saharan Malta Europe EU Other Marshall Islands Oceania Oceania Martinique Americas America Central and South Mauritania Africa Africa North Mauritius Africa Africa Sub Saharan 112 Mayotte Africa Africa Sub Saharan Mexico Americas America Central and South Micronesia Oceania Oceania Moldova Europe Europe Other Monaco Europe Europe Other Mongolia Asia Asia East Montenegro Europe Europe Other Montserrat British Americas Other Morocco Africa Africa North Mozambique Africa Africa Sub Saharan Namibia Africa Africa Sub Saharan Nauru Oceania Oceania Nepal Asia Asia South Netherlands Europe EU 14 Netherlands Antilles Americas America Central and South New Caledonia Oceania Oceania New Zealand Oceania Oceania Nicaragua Americas America Central and South Niger Africa Africa Sub Saharan Nigeria Africa Africa Sub Saharan Niue Oceania Oceania Norfolk Island Oceania Oceania Northern Mariana Islands Oceania Oceania Norway Europe Europe Other Occupied Palestinian Territories Middle East Middle East Oman Middle East Middle East Other and unknown Other Oth
72. ce 2007 third country cases are no longer automatically defined as asylum cases unless the person has claimed asylum in the UK This change affects a small number of cases This reclassification has no effect on the total removals and voluntary departures recorded Revisions As the data matching for the other confirmed voluntary departures is undertaken retrospectively this means these figures are particularly subject to greater upward revision than would be the case for other categories of departure In the light of the high use of retrospective data matching to check departures figures are reviewed each quarter to decide whether they require revision Figures for notified voluntary departures and other confirmed voluntary departures are revised for two consecutive quarters For more information on revisions please see Revisions Analysis in the Conventions used in immigration statistics section of the User Guide Data quality Overall the data quality for the total numbers of those removed and departed voluntarily is considered to be high These data e are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office e are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework e enforced removals an
73. child e s 1 3 entitlement to registration of a minor born in the UK after 1 January 1983 when one of his her parents later becomes a British citizen or becomes settled in the UK e s 1 3A entitlement to registration of a minor born in the UK after 1 January 1983 when one of his her parents later becomes a member of the armed forces e s 3 2 entitlement to registration of a minor less than one year old born outside the UK after 1 January 1983 or outside the UK and the qualifying territories since 21 May 2002 to a parent who was a British citizen by descent e s 3 5 entitlement to registration of a minor born outside the UK after 1 January 1983 or outside the UK and the qualifying territories after 21 May 2002 to a parent who was a British citizen by descent where the minor and parents are resident in the UK or a qualifying territory e s 4D entitlement to registration for children born outside the UK after 13 January 2010 to a parent serving in the armed forces e s 9 transitional entitlement to registration of a minor less than one year old born abroad on or after 1 January 1983 who if they had been born before 1 January 1983 and had been registered by a consul would have become a British citizen on 1 January 1983 Entitlement to registration on other grounds e s 1 4 entitlement to registration of a person in the UK after 1 January 1983 who spent the first ten years of his her life in the UK e s 4B enti
74. ckle abuse of the asylum system and illegal immigration encourage properly managed legal migration that benefits the UK economically and socially and help to integrate legal migrants genuine refugees and new citizens Between April 2005 and 1 February 2010 there was a single tier system for asylum and immigration appeals the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal AIT Appeals before the AIT were decided by Immigration Judges In the event that a party either the appellant or the Secretary of State thinks that the First tier Tribunal made an error of law when reaching its decision they can apply to the First tier Tribunal for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal If the application is refused an application for permission to appeal can be made directly to the Upper Tribunal Cases heard at the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber are a subset of data published in Quarterly statistics for the Tribunals Service Following consideration a party may request a High Court Judge and subsequently the Court of Appeal to consider the case Data on appellate cases heard by a High Court Judge or the Court of Appeal are available from https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series courts and sentencing statistics Asylum appeals data published by Home Office Migration Statistics are sourced from the Case Information Database CID and relate to main asylum applicants at the First Tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamb
75. cr org includes statistics on refugees The Statistical Office of the European Communities Eurostat http epp eurostat ec europa eu portal page portal eurostat home is the statistical arm of the European Commission producing data for the European Union EU and promoting harmonisation of statistical methods across the member states Since 2008 all Member States are required to submit data to Eurostat on international protection and migration as part of the Migratory Statistics Regulation EC No 862 2007 The long term aim of this regulation is to enable international comparisons across the European Union focusing on international migration stocks and flows prevention of illegal entry and stay refusals apprehensions and returns and international protection asylum The European Commission launched the European Migration Network EMN in 2003 http emn intrasoft intl com html index html The EMN is a network of national contact points NCPs with the purpose of collating analysing providing access to and facilitating the exchange of information on migration and asylum to inform policy making across the European Union As part of this work regular themed research reports are produced which contain an overview of the latest policy and statistical information as well as an Annual Policy Report Currently an Annual Report on Migration and International Protection Statistics is produced by all Member States and combined into a synthesis
76. cz 03 e Grants of British citizenship including basis of grant previous country of nationality age and sex Tables cz 02 cz 02 q and cz 03 cz 07 e Renunciations of British citizenship Table cz 10 e Refusals of British citizenship including reason for refusal Tables cz 03 and cz 09 and e Attendances at British citizenship ceremonies Table cz 08 Data source Data for late 2001 to date are extracted from the Home Office s Case Information Database CID after caseworkers have entered information relating to the applications decisions and ceremonies attended Data for 1990 to mid late 2001 are derived from the legacy administrative database of citizenship grants used before the introduction of CID Figures for 1962 to 1989 are drawn from the relevant published statistical bulletins or Command Papers for those years Background on the statistics All applications for citizenship are dealt with as main applicants There are currently six forms of British nationality British citizens are the majority They have that citizenship usually through birth adoption descent registration or naturalisation and have the right of abode in the UK British overseas territories citizens BOTCs known as British dependent territories citizens BDTCs before February 2002 have that citizenship through a connection with a British overseas territory such as Gibraltar St Helena etc Hong Kong BDTCs lost that citizenship automa
77. d British citizenship applications allowing the figures to be presented separately 56 AP le The figures relating to grants of British citizenship to residents of Hong Kong in the UK from 2006 onwards are drawn from a new source of more complete data It is understood that figures for 2005 and earlier years significantly undercount grants of this type There is therefore a discontinuity in the series between 2005 and 2006 Figures relating to grants of renunciation of British citizenship between 2002 and 2004 were subject to minor revision in Immigration Statistics October December 2011 They were revised to include cases found to have been previously excluded due to their being recorded using an unexpected value within the administrative database The increases were from 1 141 to 1 194 in 2002 up 596 from 684 to 755 in 2003 up 10 and from 675 to 680 in 2004 up 1 Data for 2005 onward were unaffected by this issue The reported number of British citizenship ceremonies attended in 2012 was subject to a minor revision in Immigration Statistics January to March 2014 A further 1 087 persons attending ceremonies were added due to late reporting by some authorities increasing the total by 196 from 140 286 to 141 373 Further small revisions were made for the same reason in Immigration Statistics January to March 2015 increasing the numbers of persons attending ceremonies in 2008 from 95 453 to 95 975 up 196 in 2009 from 153 856 to
78. d cases initially refused entry at port and subsequently departed have not in recent years altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and have not in recent years had to be revised at all when the annual data are subsequently checked 12 months later and the provisional status of the data is altered to final e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors e undergo a detailed reconciliation process and e are subject to internal data quality checks The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex and nationality is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number of cases 84 Ay le e n some cases there is insufficient evidence on the database to confirm that a removal took place in which case it will not be counted As part of the quarterly reconciliation process Migration Statistics investigate these cases and pass the issues back to the Home Office If the record is amended and the relevant additional information added these removals are counted in the same quarter or in revised figures e Figures for Under 14
79. d for a period of five years Non EEA national family members of an EEA national do not need to apply for a residence card unless they are applying on the basis of being an extended family member of an EEA national 12 Restricted Leave RL From 2 September 2011 all individuals refused asylum or rise Humanitarian Protection on the grounds of their war crimes or other international crimes committed prior to their arrival in the UK but who cannot be immediately removed due to the European Convention of Human Rights ECHR may be granted Restricted Leave to remain for a maximum of six months at a time Right of abode is the legal description of a person s right to enter and live in the UK without any immigration restrictions All British citizens have the right of abode along with some Commonwealth citizens This can be evidenced by a British citizen passport or a certificate of entitlement in a foreign passport The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme SAWS was a scheme under which Bulgarian and Romanian nationals aged 18 or over could be admitted to the UK to undertake seasonal work on farms SAWS dated from the immediate post war years as a way of bringing in short term labour to gather harvests and its general principles remain to provide short term seasonal labour for the agricultural industry The scheme operated under an annual quota system Before restriction to Bulgarian and Romanian nationals in 2007 the majority of participants wer
80. d territorial entities listed in Appendix 1 on the Immigration Rules known as visa nationals Nationals of countries not on this list are known as non visa nationals A non visa national does not need a visa to come to the UK for less than six months unless it is a requirement of the immigration category under which they are entering A non visa national coming to the UK for more than six months will need a visa The European Economic Area EEA consists of the 28 countries of the European Union plus Iceland Liechtenstein and Norway Nationals of the EEA and Switzerland have rights of free movement within the UK The European Union EU consists of 28 countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus the Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden and the UK Croatia joined the EU28 on 1 July 2013 EU2 are the two countries that joined the European Union on 1 January 2007 Bulgaria Iris and Romania EU8 are the eight Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union on 1 May 2004 the Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Slovakia and Slovenia The EU8 does not include the other two countries that joined on this date Cyprus and Malta A failed asylum seeker is an individual whose application for asylum and othe
81. data therefore provide an indication of the number of people who have an intention to enter the UK and are available on a timelier basis than admissions of passengers given leave to enter and estimates from the Office for National Statistics on long term international migration The number of entry clearance visas granted is an indicator of the level of immigration of non EEA nationals in recent years the trends for work and study visas arrivals and inflow of long term migrants from the International Passenger Survey have tended to follow similar patterns See Related statistics published elsewhere Figures published in Immigration Statistics releases are shown by quarter and calendar year within the tables and on a rolling year basis in the topic commentary due to the seasonality of much of the data Key terms Dependants joining accompanying are dependants applying for a visa on the basis of their relationship with another migrant who is not a settled person or British citizen Following changes to the rules from the second quarter of 2011 until the second quarter of 2012 this category included new family members who came to the UK to join a person granted refugee status or humanitarian protection but who had yet to apply for or be granted settlement The Family route primarily covers visas where an individual is applying for a visa on the basis of their relationship to a person settled in the UK or a British citizen Published entry clear
82. ded to the nearest five Numbers greater than 1 000 are rounded to three significant figures The technicalities of the rounding method are as follows Expressing the unrounded figure using normalised scientific notation Y x 10 Y is rounded to two decimal places using the round half to even method The round half to even method has been used so that in the borderline case where the thousandth fraction of Y is exactly 0 005 Y is rounded to two decimal places up or down to the nearest even hundredth The mid way point is rounded up half of the time and down the other half under this method so the method is unbiased For example rounding 2 034 999 2 034999 x 10 results in 2 030 000 2 035 000 2 035 x 10 results in 2 040 000 as 0 04 is the nearest even hundredth 2 045 000 2 045 x 10 results in 2 040 000 as 0 04 is the nearest even hundredth and 2 045 001 2 045001 x 10 results in 2 050 000 42 Quality and process checks carried out Data are quality assured at different stages e As part of the Border Force quality assurance process a percentage of landing cards are checked by line managers to ensure that Border Force Officers have coded the nationality and category of entry information legibly and accurately e Within the Landing Card Unit processes and equipment are regularly checked reviewed and calibrated to ensure the accuracy of the sampling process e Each month data are checked to ensure p
83. depending on how important the revisions are Further details on the Revisions Policy for the Home Office can be found on the Home Office Science Research and Statistics web pages within the Statement of Compliance with the Code of Practice at http homeoffice gov uk publications science research statistics research statistics home office science ho compliance state 1 1 Revisions analysis The table below shows that revisions to the annual 2014 figures first published in February 2015 have been small Two exceptions to this are the Voluntary departures and the Detention children entering series 18 4104 ree e Rz sy Revision Aug Revision May 15 15 percentage percentage Published change with change with Series Feb 15 Feb 15 Feb 15 Asylum applications main applicants 24 914 n a 0 596 Asylum applications inc dependants 31 433 n a 2 9 Asylum initial decisions main applicants 19 936 n a 0 8 Enforced removals 12 460 n a 1 3 Refused entry at port and subsequently 15 943 n a 0 3 departed Voluntary departures 24 001 9 6 14 8 Detention total entering 30 365 n a 0 0 Detention children entering 99 n a 29 3 Detention total leaving 29 655 n a 0 0 Detention children leaving 99 n a 27 3 Grants of an extension of stay inc 236 572 0 1 n a dependants Grants of settlement inc dependants 103 147 n a 0 9 Entry clearance visas granted inc
84. der 18 and for unaccompanied children under 18 who have either sought asylum or who are in the UK illegally and wish to return home Returnees receive support in acquiring travel documentation flight to country of origin and onward domestic transport assistance at departure and arrival airports and reintegration assistance including a relocation grant on departure for immediate resettlement needs and once home a range of reintegration options The scheme offers flexibility of reintegration for the whole family and increased emphasis is placed on the use of reintegration assistance for educational needs as well as income generation Other confirmed voluntary departures persons who it has been established have left or have been identified leaving the UK without formally informing the immigration authorities of their departure These persons can be identified either at embarkation controls or by a variety of data matching initiatives Examples of such initiatives include e Embark Operations Immigration Officers interview departing foreign nationals to establish their immigration status and confirm the person s embarkation Embarkation controls ceased from June 2014 e Operation Hedera Visa applications are matched against records of foreign nationals with no valid leave in the UK to establish whether the person has left the UK without informing the immigration authorities e Operation Semaphore Airline passenger data are matched agains
85. dex html nscl Migration However the Work Study and Family cross cutting topics do provide comparisons between HO data admissions and visa and more detailed ONS data for non EU nationals sourced and reproduced from the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report tables Appeals of visa decisions Appeals of visa decisions are undertaken by the HM Courts and Tribunals Service HMCTS HMCTS take a decision and then inform individual visa issuing posts of the outcome for onward processing of the visa in the case of allowed appeals In the Immigration Statistics release visa appeal outcomes are based on the date that the appropriate post received the notification from the Tribunal which may be four to eight weeks after the appeal when there is no delay This is different to data published by the HMCTS which refer to appeal decision date Differences can also arise due to administrative procedures at individual posts or due to a delay in the reporting and recording process e g due to geographical location In addition appeals recorded by the Tribunal are counts of main appellants while data released within Immigration Statistics include dependants Data published by the HMCTS are available in Quarterly Statistics for the Tribunals https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series tribunals statistics Since May 2010 all appeals have been reviewed by an Entry Clearance Managers ECM Cases conceded on appeal b
86. e Office s Case Information Database CID Background on statistics Individuals seeking to enter the UK are required to satisfy a Border Force Officer that they meet the relevant criteria for entry as defined under the Immigration Rules In order to comply with this passengers must present themselves on arrival at a port of entry to a Border Force Officer Under Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 the officers have the power to conduct further examinations in cases where they are not immediately satisfied that the passenger meets the requirements of the Immigration Rules Officers who exercise these powers are utilising the powers provided under Paragraph 2 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 A Border Force Officer may examine a person who has arrived in the UK in order to determine the following whether or not they are a British citizen whether or not they may enter without leave and whether e they have been given leave to enter which is still in force e they should be given leave to enter and for what period and on what conditions if any or e they should be refused leave to enter Refused leave to enter relates to non asylum cases dealt with at ports of entry A person who is initially refused entry may then where the Border Force Officer deems it to be appropriate be granted temporary admission Officers will only grant temporary admission where the individual circumstances of the passenger are consid
87. e from Eastern Europe and the states of the former USSR The Scheme has been discontinued following the removal of labour market restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals at the end of 2013 Section 4 support An individual may be eligible for support under Section 4 2 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 if their asylum application has been determined as refused and appeals rights are exhausted but they are destitute and there are reasons that temporarily prevent them from leaving the UK Section 95 support Support may be provided under Section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to destitute asylum seekers until their asylum claim is finally determined Section 95 support can be provided as both accommodation and subsistence or accommodation or subsistence only Section 98 support While a claim for Section 95 support is being considered Section 98 permits the Secretary of State to provide or arrange for the provision of support for asylum seekers or dependants of asylum seekers who appear to be destitute Section 98 support is temporary accommodation and is intended for short term use The Sector Based Scheme SBS was a quota based scheme for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals aged between 18 and 30 which only covered the food manufacturing sector SBS for other nationalities was closed in December 2006 prior to this SBS was a quota based scheme for overseas nationals to work in the hospitality and food processing sectors The
88. e intended country of return Reasons within the control of the Home Office include where the Home Office has assessed it is not in the public interest to release the individual pending removal The Home Office has a statutory duty to review detention at least every 28 days to ensure that the detained person continues to meet the published detention criteria and that detention is still the most appropriate course Published detention figures relate only to those detained solely under Immigration Act powers in immigration removal centres short term holding facilities and pre departure accommodation and exclude those detained for criminal purposes and those who are detained under both criminal and immigration powers Published detention statistics exclude detainees in short term holding rooms at ports and airports for less than 24 hours police cells and Prison Service establishments reliable data have not been available for these individuals since March 2006 Published data on people entering detention including occurrences of people entering detention have only been available since 2009 On leaving detention people can be removed from the UK granted leave to enter remain granted temporary admission release or bailed Figures on people leaving detention from 2010 are not directly comparable with previous figures due to a revised methodology being used Background on the statistics relating to families and children In 2010 the Coalition P
89. e recorded under Hong Kong and other people recorded as BOTCs are included under the relevant geographical region The state union of Serbia and Montenegro came to an end after Montenegro s formal declaration of independence on 3 June 2006 and Serbia s formal declaration of independence on 5 June 2006 Serbia and Montenegro may be counted together due to the use of a single Federal Republic of Yugoslavia passport until 31 December 2010 when the Yugoslav passport became invalid After this date only passports issued by the separate jurisdictions have been accepted Prior to July 2011 Sudan includes all individuals presenting travel documents or passports relating to that country Since July 2011 nationals of South Sudan who presented Sudanese travel documents may continue to be recorded under Sudan those presenting travel documents from South Sudan are recorded as nationals of Sudan South Following requests from UNHCR and Asylum Aid in 2011 12 those recognised as either Stateless or a Refugee are available as separate Country of nationalities within the nationality tables Stateless refers individuals recorded as Kuwaiti Bidoun recognised as Stateless by UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency under Article 1 of the 1954 Convention relating to the status of Stateless Persons or stateless on the relevant record held by the Home Office Refugee refers to those recognised as a refugee by UNHCR under Article 1 of t
90. e review stated that families with children may be held on arrival while checks are made to determine whether they should be admitted to the country and if not until a return flight can be arranged for them and the December 2010 report of the review stated that We will hold families only in very limited circumstances for border and other high risk cases The family unit at Tinsley House remains in use for these families In rare cases it may be used for families with criminal and other high risk members who cannot be safely accommodated in pre departure accommodation This includes where a foreign national mother and baby from a prison mother and baby unit are being returned during the Early Removal Scheme ERS period but it is not practicable or desirable owing to time or distant constraints to transfer them direct from prison to the airport for removal The family unit may be used for adults deemed more at risk if there are no families detained Stays within pre departure accommodation and the family unit at Tinsley House are limited to a maximum of 72 hours prior to a family s planned removal date from the UK although there is provision for a family to remain for up to seven days with ministerial approval 15 The other circumstances in which children are detained at immigration removal centres and are e where an individual considered an adult on entry to the immigration detention estate has their age disputed Once identified as an
91. e their main reason for migrating is for study people migrating for other reasons may also choose to study while in the UK Data quality The data are mainly based on the International Passenger Survey and therefore subject to sampling error Information on the sampling errors for ONS s international migration statistics can be found at http www ons gov uk ons guide method method quality specific population and migration international migration methodology long term international migration estimates methodology pdf Long Term International Migration 1 series methodology 2010 contains tables showing the components and adjustments for Long Term International Migration LTIM and the standard errors and non response associated with the International Passenger Survey IPS estimates 98 Related statistics published elsewhere e The Migrant Journey research reports provide analysis on migrants journeys through the immigration system For more information see Other sources of information on immigration and migration e Data published by the Higher Education Statistics Authority on Overseas students in UK Higher Education Institutions provides student flows e g entrants and stocks e g enrolments available from http www hesa ac uk index php content view 1897 239 99 16 Family Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published on Entry clearance visas granted for family reasons Admissions f
92. e then on hold pending the Court of Appeal judgment will receive a decision For further information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide ENTRY CLEARANCE VISAS Key terms Dependants joining accompanying are dependants applying for a visa on the basis of their relationship with another migrant who is not a settled person or a British Citizen Following changes to the rules from the second quarter of 2011 until the second quarter of 2012 this category included new family members who came to the UK to join a person granted refugee status or humanitarian protection but who had yet to apply for or be granted settlement The Family route covers visas where an individual is applying for a visa on the basis of their relationship to a person settled in the UK or a British citizen The Family route child includes adult offspring of the settled person or British Citizen The Family route other encompasses dependants who are not offspring or partners such as elderly relatives This category also includes e following changes to the rules from July 2012 post flight family members and adult dependent relatives joining those who have been granted refugee status or humanitarian protection and e family members of those granted refugee status and who had gained settlement or who had yet to gain settlement status if the individual coming to
93. e to sponsor existing students who are already studying with them until they finish their course or until their licence expires whichever happens first A sponsor may be licensed under more than one category within Tier 4 Further information about CAS is given at httos www gov uk tier 4 general visa 30 By Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Key terms In order to distinguish from data on applications for out of country entry clearance visas and to avoid the use of technical jargon the text about certificates of sponsorship used in applications for visas instead employs the more succinct term sponsored work visa applications similarly the use of certificates of sponsorship in applications for in country extensions is described as sponsored applications for extensions for work In order to distinguish from data on applications for out of country entry clearance visas and to avoid the use of technical jargon the text about confirmations of acceptance for studies used in applications for visas instead employs the more succinct term sponsored study visa applications similarly the use of confirmations of acceptance for studies in applications for in country extensions is described as sponsored applications for extensio
94. ed Restricted Leave to Remain for a maximum of six months at a time The asylum tables were updated to include the new outcome under the Discretionary Leave category for these types of applications For more information please see the glossary for a definition of Restricted Leave and the Policy and Legislative Timeline Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and age disputed cases An internal review of the UASC and age dispute data highlighted issues with the definitions used for these data up to May 2013 in particular that the definition for UASCs was broader than it should be as it included all asylum applicants who had ever been recorded as an unaccompanied minor and not just those who were unaccompanied during their asylum application From Immigration Statistics April June 2013 the definitions were refined UASC application An asylum applicant previously counted in the UASC application data is no longer included if a They were considered an unaccompanied minor only in the period before the asylum application b They were considered a UASC for less than 1 day c The applicant is listed as over 18 at application but remain recorded as an unaccompanied minor on the administrative database or d They were only considered a UASC after the initial decision was made UASC initial decisions and withdrawals The definitional change made for initial decisions and withdrawals are the same as for a UASC application above except the addit
95. en issued rather than a grant of leave to remain under the Immigration Rules These records are included in the category Other within the published data and where resources allow are passed back to the Home Office for investigation and correction Compilation method On an annual basis generally during the first week after the end of the reference period extracts of general immigration casework decisions data are taken from a weekly refreshed snapshot of the Case Information Database CID by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which selects EEA residence document records into a separate dataset and for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data tables that are subsequently published Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics reconcile the summary figures for grants and refusals of EEA residence documents with teams within the Home Office by comparing the figures with similar data compiled for operational management purposes Where these figures differ by more than 1 or 2 the discrepancy is investigated Differences of less than 1 or 2 can occur due to differences in definition employed in the generation of Home Office management information for operational reasons or due to slight differences in the date on which data were extracted from CID After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables are checked by a sec
96. enerated by the courts and police forces As a consequence care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics perform a number of checks on the data supplied by the MOJ these are 79 e joint working with immigration policy teams and the MOJ statistical team to identify new immigration offences or changes to existing offences to ensure they have been accounted for e checking that totals sum and e examining the data to identify differences in the trends that may require further investigation Revisions Revisions to the data on prosecutions for immigration offences occur when the sources of administrative systems or methodology changes receipt of subsequent information and errors in statistical systems and processes More detailed information is available from the Revisions section of the MOJ Criminal Statistics Guide https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series criminal justice statistics Related statistics published elsewhere e Data on all prosecutions are published by the MOJ and are available from https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series criminal justice statistics 80 12 Removals and voluntary departures Statistics covered by this topic Data on removals and voluntary departures are based on individual ca
97. ent and the media ii Government decision making about policies and associated decisions about related programmes and projects a policy making b policy monitoring iii Resource allocation typically by central and local government iv Informing private sector commercial choices a targeting local markets b targeting households and individuals c designing market research surveys v Informing public marketing campaigns vi Supporting third sector activity a lobbying b funding applications vii Facilitating academic research Users of the Home Office immigration statistics The responses to the February May 2011 statistical consultation included evidence of the use made of the immigration statistics published by the Home Office by a range of users These included Greater London Authority GLA Staff in both the Intelligence Unit and the Health and Communities Unit at the GLA makes significant use of the Home Office statistics on immigration for a number of analyses and policy development including supporting the London Strategic Migration Partnership Migration Advisory Committee MAC The Migration Advisory Committee is a regular user of the Home Office s statistical outputs and these data are vital in supporting its advice to the Government In particular the MAC draws extensively on entry clearance visas granted by immigration category passengers given leave to enter by immigration category managed migration statistics
98. equivalent to endorsements both within and outside the PBS These are grouped into Work Other Other permit free employment not allocated Please refer to the Visas and Sponsorship section of this User Guide for further information including a comparison of entry clearance data with admissions data and IPS estimates of immigration 94 410 N ADMISSIONS Please refer to the Admissions section of this User Guide for further information including a comparison between admissions data and IPS estimates of immigration EXTENSIONS OF STAY Please refer to the Extensions section of this User Guide for further information GRANTS OF SETTLEMENT Please refer to the Settlement section of this User Guide for further information IPS ESTIMATES OF WORK RELATED IMMIGRATION These data are provided by the Office for National Statistics ONS and further information can be obtained from http Awww ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration In addition information on the comparison of inflow of long term migrants with entry clearance visas and admissions can be found in the Visas and Sponsorship and Admissions section of this User Guide respectively Data quality The data are mainly based on the International Passenger Survey and therefore subject to sampling error Information on the sampling errors for ONS s international migration statistics can be found at http www ons gov uk ons guide method method qua
99. er Pakistan Asia Asia South Palau Oceania Oceania Panama Americas America Central and South Papua New Guinea Oceania Oceania Paraguay Americas America Central and South Peru Americas America Central and South Philippines Asia Asia South East Pitcairn Islands British Oceania Other Poland Europe EU 8 Portugal Europe EU 14 Puerto Rico Americas America North Qatar Middle East Middle East Refugee Other Other Reunion Africa Africa Sub Saharan Romania Europe EU 2 Russia Europe Europe Other Rwanda Africa Africa Sub Saharan Samoa Oceania Oceania San Marino Europe Europe Other Sao Tome and Principe Africa Africa Sub Saharan Saudi Arabia Middle East Middle East Senegal Africa Africa Sub Saharan Serbia Europe Europe Other Serbia and Montenegro Europe Europe Other Seychelles Africa Africa Sub Saharan Sierra Leone Africa Africa Sub Saharan 113 Singapore Asia Asia South East Slovakia Europe EU 8 Slovenia Europe EU 8 Solomon Islands Oceania Oceania Somalia Africa Africa Sub Saharan South Africa Africa Africa Sub Saharan South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Americas Other Spain Europe EU 14 Sri Lanka Asia Asia South St Helena British Africa Other St Kitts and Nevis Americas America Central and South St Lucia Americas America Central and South St Maarten
100. er Records on the database are updated from record level data provided by the HM Courts and Tribunals Service HMCTS who produce similar statistics for main appellants This procedure provides consistent data across all datasets relating to asylum published in the release Immigration Statistics but different from those published by The Ministry of Justice MOJ MOJ published statistics provide counts of principal appellants sourced from the HMCTS database Within these statistics there tend to be higher numbers of principal appellants than main asylum applicant appeals because 1 HMCTS has a wider definition of asylum appeals including some human rights cases and appeals on extensions of asylum humanitarian protection and discretionary leave and 2 principal appellants include some individuals classed as dependants by the Home Office The MOJ statistics on immigration and asylum appeals at First Tier Tribunal and subsequent stages are available from https www gov uk government collections tribunals statistics Asylum support Asylum support was set up to provide for asylum seekers while they await a decision on their asylum application Asylum seekers who apply for asylum support under Section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 can receive accommodation only where they are allocated accommodation in a dispersal area and must otherwise support themselves or subsistence only where they receive cash to support themselves but mus
101. er 1 provides a route for high value workers Tier 2 provides a route for skilled workers with a job offer Tier 3 relates to unskilled workers never implemented Tier 5 is for temporary workers and youth mobility providing a route for those coming to the UK for primarily non economic reasons Within Tiers 1 2 and 5 there are sub categories of endorsements Tier 1 was phased in between February and June 2008 Subsequent changes are e Tier 1 General route was closed to new out of country entry clearance visa applicants from 23 December 2010 and to those applying inside the UK to switch from most categories from 6 April 2011 e anew Tier 1 route Exceptional Talent was introduced from 9 August 2011 e Tier 1 Post study route was closed to new applicants from 6 April 2012 e anew Tier 1 Graduate entrepreneur category was introduced from 6 April 2012 93 wu 4 e continuing routes for Tier 1 are Entrepreneurs Investors Graduate entrepreneurs and Exceptional Talent Tiers 2 and 5 were implemented in November 2008 Tier 3 has never been implemented All pre PBS equivalent entry clearance visas should now be obsolete but visas continue to be granted in old endorsements For admissions extensions of stay and settlement the phasing out of old categories will take longer The government asked the Migration Advisory Committee MAC in March 2011 to consider the following question In which occupation s or job title
102. er they may receive asylum support under Section 95 of that Act or e supported under Section 95 and are awaiting transfer to their dispersal accommodation Asylum applicants who are receiving asylum support can have their support terminated for various reasons If an asylum seeker receives refugee status HP DL or another form of grant they cease to be eligible for asylum support and become entitled to apply for mainstream benefits If an asylum seeker receives a final negative decision and is a single applicant or a family with no children under 18 they also have their support terminated although asylum support policy incorporates safeguards for a number of categories of vulnerable failed asylum seekers including families with dependent children under the age of 18 years who continue receiving support until they leave the UK Support can also be terminated or suspended if asylum seekers do not abide by the regulations set out when the support is provided to them for example if the asylum seeker does not move into the allocated accommodation The Home Office assumed responsibility for supporting asylum seekers from April 2000 when the National Asylum Support Service NASS a directorate of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate IND was created NASS was set up to provide accommodation and or subsistence payments to asylum seekers so that they could support themselves while they were awaiting a decision on their asylum application Any
103. ered acceptable to warrant reporting restrictions and following successful completion of the appropriate risk assessment This will be done as an alternative to immigration detention in line with guidance in the Government White Paper 1998 These grounds may be related to an outstanding asylum claim an appeal against a refusal of entry or to allow travel 44 Ay le arrangements to be made or removal directions to be set A grant of temporary admission results in the passenger being exceptionally admitted to the UK in accordance with the legal direction of a Border Force Officer and the passenger must comply with the related conditions in accordance with the Immigration Act 1971 for the duration of the temporary admission The UK has several agreements with France allowing the UK authorities to carry out immigration and other controls on French territory called juxtaposed controls and for French authorities to do the same in the UK Juxtaposed controls have existed at the Channel Tunnel sites in Coquelles France and Cheriton Kent since the opening of the tunnel in 1994 An agreement with the French and Belgian authorities signed at the end of October 2004 allows juxtaposed controls at Brussels Gare du Midi These juxtaposed controls allow immigration controls to be carried out before a person physically enters the country Changes to data affecting the statistics Data on passengers initially refused entry have been available
104. erms are covered in the glossary of terms Granted settlement in own right means that the individual was eligible to apply for settlement under one of the provisions of the Immigration Rules and this was not dependent on their relationship to another person for example a spouse or parent already settled or settling at the same time Other grants on a discretionary basis include grants after a long period of continuous residence in the UK It also includes those people granted settlement after applying under the regularisation scheme for overstayers people who had permission to enter or remain in the UK for a limited time only and who had remained beyond the time allowed and people granted indefinite leave outside the Immigration Rules under measures aimed at clearing the backlog of outstanding unresolved cases from before March 2007 involving unsuccessful asylum applicants Claim to right of abode upheld and other grants includes grants to those previously settled but then absent from the UK for some time and who on return were initially re admitted with limited leave Grants of settlement to refugees and exceptional leave humanitarian protection and discretionary leave cases are of those granted settlement after a period of residence in the UK Between July 1998 and 30 August 2005 it also includes grants of settlement at the time of the grant of asylum Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes
105. es are available from https www gov uk government consultations consultation on changes to immigration related home office statistical outputs UK Statistics Authority Migration Statistics The Way Ahead July 2009 http www statisticsauthority gov uk reports correspondence reports authority report 4 migration statistics the way ahead pdf Review of Border and Immigration Agency Statistics on Control of Immigration February 2008 http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 201 10218 135832 http rds homeoffice gov uk rds pdfsO7 bi a immig stat review 07 pdf 108 These reviews followed the National Statistics Quality Review NSQR of Control of Immigration United Kingdom publications The final report and the Home Office s implementation plan can be found on the Home Office website review of Home Office publications of Control of Immigration Statistics August 2006 http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoffice gov uk rds pdf s06 immig review _06 pdf review of Home Office publications of Control of Immigration Statistics Implementation Plan http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoffice gov uk rds pdf s07 cpreview0O7 pdf Asylum and migration a review of Home Office Statistics by the National Audit Office May 2004 http www nao org uk wp content uploads 2004 05 0304625 pdf Legislation governing Home Office Science outputs Statistics and Re
106. es are based on data supplied by the individual countries to international organisations Not all countries provide data to the end of the period in time for each release of Immigration Statistics Where a figure is unavailable for a given month we estimate it using the average of the last three months available provided that the time series has not shown large increases or decreases Where a series is erratic we estimate the figure using the average of the last 12 months 70 The sources and countries currently requiring estimation are detailed in the asylum table notes Compilation method Each Friday evening a weekly snapshot of the Case Information Database CID is taken On a monthly and quarterly basis generally during the second week after the end of the reference period an extract of asylum data is taken from this snapshot by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be released The only exceptions to this are the data on supported asylum seekers the fast track process and resettlement of refugees The process for compiling data on asylum support for years up to and including 2012 used a different method to data for 2013 onwards although the data source is the same For data up to 2012 each day a list of the records added or amended on the Asylum Support System ASYS was prod
107. ess for lower skilled workers is restricted to those using existing schemes the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and the Sector Based Scheme for the agricultural and food processing sectors These low skilled schemes are restricted to Bulgarian and Romanian nationals Following 12 months legal employment in the UK EU2 national workers obtain full free movement rights Those who are exempt from worker authorisation requirements due to their status in the UK prior to accession or certain family links to UK nationals settled persons or EEA nationals self employed self sufficient a student or a family member of main applicants can apply for a registration certificate to confirm they are entitled to live in the UK These restrictions are not affected by the closure of the Worker Registration Scheme which only applied to the countries which joined the European Union in 2004 The independent Migration Advisory Committee MAC was asked in May 2011 to consider whether the UK labour market was experiencing or threatened by a serious disturbance and to look at the consequences of maintaining or lifting the current employment restrictions on workers from these two countries A report Review of the transitional restrictions on access of Bulgarian and Romanian nationals to the UK labour market from the MAC looked at the impact on the domestic labour market if the transitional controls were removed The report available from https www
108. etween the presentations of nationality breakdowns in Immigration Statistics and those provided to Eurostat relating to the regional geographic groupings Compilation method On a quarterly basis generally during the first week after the end of the reference period extracts of British citizenship applications and decisions data are taken from a weekly refreshed snapshot of the Case Information Database CID by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be published A further extract of applications data is taken three weeks after the end of the period to mitigate a degree of late recording on CID due to resource issues within the Home Office This is where necessary combined with manual counts of applications awaiting entry on the database to arrive at estimates of applications received These data are revised subsequently following input of applications data Annual data on persons attending citizenship ceremonies are extracted from CID as part of an annual process Data for grants of British Overseas Territory Citizenship granted in the British Overseas Territories see Table cz 05 are supplied annually by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Home Office processes require persons granted British citizenship who go on to sponsor another 58 person applying for a change in their immigration statu
109. f which were implemented immediately 27 July 1998 as there was no need for primary legislation These had the effect of abolishing the four year qualifying period for grants of settlement to those recognised as refugees and given asylum and reducing it from seven to four years for those granted exceptional leave In early 1999 the Home Office established units to implement further measures outlined in the White Paper In February 2005 the Government announced a five year strategy for asylum and immigration Controlling our borders Making migration work for Britain This was built upon by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate IND Review Fair Effective Transparent and Trusted in July 2006 Both outlined how asylum claims would be managed more closely under the New Asylum Model and introduced a single case owner managing both the case and the claimant throughout changes in the process for managing detained fast track and non detained cases and a change from obtaining settlement when asylum is granted to settlement after five years during which time cases are reviewed for any changes to the situation of the country of nationality and any circumstances that would make the refugee ineligible for refugee status The first complete case management teams became operational in June 2005 and since March 2007 the majority of new asylum claims cases have been managed end to end by one of the regional asylum teams The aim is to recognise readily
110. family member can be found in the Family topic Background on the statistics The European Economic Area EEA consists of countries within the EU as at end of September 2013 together with Norway Iceland and Liechtenstein 28 nationals of the EEA and Switzerland have rights of free movement within the UK This means that there is less information on numbers coming to the UK than for nationals of other countries Related statistics published elsewhere Figures on the transitional measures put in place by the UK Government to regulate EU8 nationals access to the labour market through the Workers Registration Scheme and to restrict access to benefits were previously published in Immigration Statistics The data tables were dropped from the release after the transitional measures came to an end The full data sets are available in Immigration Statistics October December 2011 available from http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20130128 103514 http www homeoffice gov uk publications Science research statistics research statistics immigration asylum research immigration q4 20 1 1 The Migration Advisory Committee report Migrant Seasonal Workers https www gov uk government uploads system uploads attachment data file 257242 migrant seasonal workers pdf includes detailed analysis of the SBS and SAWS schemes Croatia joined the European Union EU on 1 July 2013 Transitional arrangements https www gov uk croatian national were int
111. ffice s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e are scrutinised regularly as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office e areregularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following May 57 and have not in recent years had to be revised at all when the annual data are subsequently checked 12 months later and the provisional status of the data is altered to final e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors and e undergo a thorough reconciliation process including some data cleansing The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex and nationality is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number of cases under 0 1 e n a small number of cases under 0 01 annually data appear inconsistent for example where the recorded case type and section of the British Nationality Act 1981 do not represent a valid c
112. fice for National Statistics British nationals are based on a calculation using the previous sources of data see compilation method below Background on the statistics Statistical information on non EEA nationals is collated from landing cards after a passenger has been allowed entry to the country and does not form part of the border control or security process The cards are separated into two main arrival types non controlled or controlled determined by the conditions a passenger is granted leave to enter under Non controlled relates to those passengers entered on standard conditions of entry e g visitors passengers in transit and passengers returning after a temporary absence abroad Non controlled arrivals accounted for 94 of all non EEA passenger journeys made All other cards are considered to be controlled cards Non controlled cards Each month non controlled cards relating to arrivals at Heathrow and Gatwick terminals are sampled due to the large volume of arrivals at these ports see compilation method for details All other ports collate non controlled data by counting all cards and providing a monthly return that shows the nationality and category of those arrivals Controlled cards Controlled cards are sent by all ports to a central point within the Home Office Information from each card including that required for statistical analysis is extracted and held on a central database Data are then provided to Migra
113. for immediate settlement e Family route Other o Family reunion pre existing family members partners minor children of a person with refugee leave or humanitarian protection who has not yet obtained British citizenship o From July 2012 dependants who are not partners or children of those with refugee leave or humanitarian protection previously included in Dependants joining accompanying Other o From July 2012 parents with access rights to a child previously included in Visitors e Family route Other for immediate settlement o Dependants who are not partners or children of British Citizens or settled persons The Home Office does not record the statistics for adult dependent relatives based on which category of the rules the application was made under The entry clearance endorsements used for adult dependent relative applications are also used to record applications under other routes for example children applying for indefinite leave under part 8 of the Immigration Rules It is therefore not possible to identify adult dependent relatives without the inspection of individual case records The Home Office is reviewing the collection of data relating to adult dependent relative settlement visas Other key terms for entry clearance visas can be found in the glossary of terms Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and
114. fter these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere and making comparisons between difference sources e Admissions passenger arrivals see the Admissions topic and below for an explanation of the relationship and differences between the data e Extensions of stay see the Extensions topic and below e Statistics specific to work study and family routes see the Work Study and Family cross cutting topics these cross cutting topics pull together subsets data from different sources e g the Work topic includes and compares data on admissions visas and the International Passenger Survey IPS relating to those coming to the UK to work IPS estimates of immigration see below Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies see below Certificate of Sponsorship see below and Appeals of visa decisions see below Data on migration applications decided within published standards and the cost per decision for all permanent and temporary migration applications are published as Official Statistics by Home Office as part of their key input and impact indicators https www gov uk government
115. g a decision for a number of reasons including reasons within and outside the control of the Home Office These reasons may include but are not exclusively the complexity of the case the paperwork provided by the individual the resources available to process the application and the decision by an individual as to whether to appeal against an initial decision 61 Outcomes of applications The analysis of the outcomes of asylum applications are the recorded outcomes of the group or cohort of applicants in any one year as at a particular time A proportion of applications made in each of the years provided will be awaiting the outcome of an initial decision or an appeal Applications from earlier years will inherently have had longer for the case to be processed than those from more recent years This dataset is updated in full annually There are a large variety of routes that an asylum application can take to a final asylum outcome As a consequence analysis of the outcomes of asylum applications in any one year requires interpretation for a small percentage of cases This interpretation is undertaken consistently by established computer code The proportions and underlying figures for final outcomes of the analysis of applications for the group or cohort of applicants in any one year are therefore estimated Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children An Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child UASC is a person under 18 applying for asylum on
116. gistration Service Act 2007 and the Code of Practice for Official Statistics Control of Immigration statistics The first permanent control over the admission and residence of foreigners in peacetime was established by the Aliens Act 1905 Annual reports of HM Inspector under the Act from 1906 to 1913 inclusive which included statistics on foreign passengers arriving and departing were published as Command Papers No foreign passenger traffic figures were published for the period 1 July 1914 to 31 December 1919 Quarterly returns of foreign passenger traffic were published as Command Papers for the period 1 January 1920 to 30 June 1939 Annual returns giving a more detailed analysis were published for the years 1921 to 1938 The series was suspended on the outbreak of war Following a number of requests for permission to use figures since 1939 a Command Paper volume was published providing information for the years 1939 to 1951 This Command Paper stated the intention to publish figures annually Regulation EC No 862 2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection and repealing Council Regulation EEC No 311 76 on the compilation of statistics on foreign workers 109 18 Geographical regions for tables New geographical regions have been included in the Immigration Statistics tables from 27 November 2014 to broadly reflect the country groupings that ONS co
117. gside the User Guide CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE FOR STUDIES CAS Please refer to the Visas and Sponsorship section of this User Guide for further information ENTRY CLEARANCE VISAS In the Study section student entry clearance and passenger arrivals data are quoted excluding the student visitor category to make them more consistent with the IPS estimates of immigration for study as student visitors are allowed a maximum six month stay and would not be counted as long term migrants Individuals applying under the student visitor category which is for those people who wish to come to the UK as a visitor and undertake a short period of study and those studying on short courses who do 97 not intend to work part time or undertake a paid or unpaid work placement as part of their course may previously have been classified as visitors or short term students respectively Where possible entry clearance visas that have been superseded by the PBS and are therefore now obsolete have been linked to the tier that they relate to and are referred to as pre PBS equivalents In addition short term students which was closed as a route in September 2007 are counted within the student visitor classification for the purpose of the visa data This helps to provide a consistent time series Please refer to the Visas and Sponsorship section of this User Guide for further information including the comparabili
118. h quarter and the revised data published in August This increase is expected and is not considered to be a data quality issue as the count of dependants includes those who are born or join the main applicant after the asylum application is made with the dependant being counted in the same quarter that the original asylum claim was recorded This also affects the number of dependants counted as Age unknown in Table as 04 For asylum dependants the age at application is based on their age at the date the main application was made Therefore in cases where the child is born after the original asylum application the recorded age at application will be negative These are not considered to be data quality issues but will appear in Age unknown as the age is not known at the time of the application Non suspensive appeals process and asylum cases pending Data is considered to be high The non suspensive appeals data are subsets of the asylum applications and initial decisions data and undergo a separate reconciliation process Both datasets undergo a detailed reconciliation process Asylum appeals asylum support and resettlement Data on asylum appeals are considered to be high and are tracked against similar data from Ministry of Justice 69 Data on resettlement are considered to be high these data are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework Data of asylum support are considered to be high the
119. have checked that it is correctly recorded as a refusal A cross check of tables to ensure consistent totals is undertaken as part of the production process After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere e Removals and voluntary departures all people removed from the UK including non asylum cases refused entry at port and subsequently removed 46 7 Extensions Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published as National Statistics on e Grants and refusals of extensions of in country stay Tables ex 01 expc 01 o Data source The statistics on grants and refusals of extensions of stay are extracted from the Home Office s Case Information Database CID The data are derived from administrative information used for the processing of applications for extension of stay Background on statistics Statistics on extensions of stay also known as after entry applications to vary leave to remain relate to people wishing to extend or change the status of their stay in the UK An individual is required to apply for an extension or change in status before their e
120. he 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees or recorded as a refugee on the relevant record held by the Home Office 17 Revisions to data Sr ist We anticipate that data for the latest full calendar year and where applicable quarters from the current calendar year will be revised in due course On occasion earlier data will be revised The data will generally only be revised once in a year and considered final after a further 12 months unless significant errors are discovered or the data are Official Statistics Provisional citizenship data and from 2013 extensions data are expected to be revised in May of each year all other provisional data are expected to be revised in August of each year In addition removals and voluntary departures data are checked each quarter to see whether provisional quarterly data needs to be revised It is not possible to evaluate whether any future revisions will be upward or downward but the reasons for revisions are likely to include e late reporting of cases a small proportion of cases are not included when the statistics are produced e the results of data cleansing exercises such as data identified that cannot be included when the statistics are calculated because of missing or invalid values the identification of duplicates in the data and e reconciliations with alternative data sources which identify cases not yet included in the statistics Despite all our best effort
121. heir period of legal right to remain in the UK breach their conditions of leave are subject to deportation action and have been refused asylum People who have claimed asylum and whose claims have been refused and who have exhausted any rights of appeal which would suspend removal can be removed as a result of enforcement action by deportation administrative or illegal entry powers this may include some cases dealt at port juxtaposed controls People who have claimed asylum can also be removed under third country provisions without substantive consideration of their asylum claim Data on cases refused entry at port and subsequently removed by port location UK juxtaposed controls have only been available from 2007 It is not possible within the figures split by main applicants and dependants to determine what proportion of removals are families and these figures should not be used for the purpose of considering family removals Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Key terms Other key terms for enforced removal voluntary departures and foreign national offender can be found in the glossary of terms Facilitated Return Scheme FRS is a scheme designed to help and incentivise non EEA foreign national offenders return to their home country The
122. here http www homeofficesurveys homeoffice gov uk s ImmigrationStatisticsSurvey If you have any questions about Immigration Statistics please send an email to MigrationStatsEnquiries homeoffice gsi qov uk Alternatively write to The Editor Immigration Statistics Migration Statistics Home Office Science 17th Floor Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY Press enquiries should be made to Home Office Press Office Peel Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Tel 020 7035 3535 Summary flowchart Control of Immigration 1 2 Non Visa national Prior entry clearance Likely path Possible other Returned to country of nationality country where journey originated orother safe third country Refused leave to enter Admissions Removed ordeparted voluntarily Removals and voluntary departures Apply forasylum at the border Asylum Refused asylum humanitarian protection or discretionary leave Asylum Detained and or granted temporary admission while asylum claim processed Granted asylum humanitarian protection or discretionary leave Asylum Apply forasylum in country Asylum Apply for extension of leave to remain Refused extension of leave to remain Extensions Granted extension of leave to remain Extensions Refused asylum humanitarian protection or discretionary leave Asylum Refused leave to remain in the Un
123. hort period of DL may be granted to individuals who have been refused asylum and Humanitarian Protection because they have committed a particularly serious crime but who cannot currently be removed from the UK for legal reasons Until 6 April 2013 DL was granted to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children UASC who were not considered to be in need of international protection but who could not be removed because the Secretary of State was not satisfied that safe and adequate reception arrangements were in place in the country to which they were to be removed Until 9 July 2012 UASC DL was usually granted for a period of 3 years or up until they are aged 1775 whichever came first From 9 July 2012 UASC DL was granted for a period of 30 months two and a half years or up until they are aged 1775 whichever comes first On 6 April 2013 UASC DL was replaced by UASC leave when the policy on granting discretionary leave to UASC was incorporated into the Immigration Rules under Paragraphs 352ZC 352ZF However the database used to record information on UASCs the Case Information Database CID was not amended to include this new outcome until July 2013 During the period April to July 2013 the outcome UASC DL was used to record information on CID A document certifying permanent residence table ee 02 is issued to EEA nationals to confirm their right of permanent residence in the UK EEA nationals acquire this right after living in the UK for a continuo
124. ified as being incorrectly entered for example providing a negative age or where the date of birth is entered as 01 01 1901 The first of the two types of data issues are the most common For asylum dependants the age at application is based on their age at the date the main application was made Therefore in cases where the child is born after the original asylum application the recorded age at application will be negative These are not considered to be data quality issues but will appear in Age unknown as the age is not known at the time of the application 24 Specific data quality issues are detailed in each relevant topic Iris Overall assessments of data quality More generally data quality has a range of aspects including accessibility methods relevance and the extent to which they comply with the best practices and requirements outlined in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics In autumn 2011 the UK Statistics Authority assessed Immigration Statistics against the Code as part of its routine programme of assessments This report can be found on the UK Statistics Authority s website at http www statisticsauthority gov uk assessment assessment assessment reports index html The assessment report published on 2 February 2012 was written on an exceptions basis and hence focussed on the five requirements to be met in order for the release to be re designated as National Statistics The report also commented briefly on e
125. igh although initial estimates of quarterly totals for applications and decisions are subject to considerable revisions These data e are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e are scrutinised regularly as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office e are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors and e undergo thorough checks by staff in Migration Statistics prior to publication For both accession worker cards and registration certificates there are two reasons why initial quarterly figures have underestimated the final position e decisions data relate to the corresponding cohort of applications such that for applications made in the latest quarter decisions will be made in the same or later quarters e g not all applications made in Q1 have decisions made in Q1 so the level of decisions made relating to those Q1 applications will increase over time as more decisions are completed and e as decisions are made and data are entered on administrative systems the initial figures for the number of applications are likely to increase slightly Compilation method On a quarterly basis during the first week after the end of
126. igration EEA Regulations 2006 to EEA nationals and their family members Changes in the data affecting the statistics The number of decisions made in 2009 and 2010 rose compared to 2008 following various operational and procedural measures introduced during 2009 to improve performance in the Home Office In 2011 and 2012 a pre consideration sift of applications was used to identify those without key information or documentation These applications were rejected as invalid and returned to the applicant The pre consideration sift was discontinued in late 2012 Applicants whose request for documentation is rejected as invalid may apply again including the required information and this is likely to account for a proportion of the increase in decisions in 2011 Applications rejected as invalid are now shown separately in Table ee_02 On 1 July 2013 a fee for the processing of EEA residence documentation was introduced This led to a increase in the number of applications rejected as invalid in the later half of 2013 due to their not including the fee Data quality Overall the data quality for the total numbers of those granted and refused EEA residence documents is considered to be high These data e are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e are scrutinised regularly as part of the perfor
127. igures supplied to Eurostat are not quality assured to the same level as the data published in Immigration Statistics as it is not possible to reconcile the data under the definitions used by Eurostat with the Home Office Compilation method Each Friday evening a weekly snapshot of the Case Information Database CID is taken On a quarterly basis generally during the second week after the end of the reference period an extract of passengers initially refused at entry data is taken from this snapshot by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be published 45 Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics reconcile the passengers initially refused at entry dataset with operational management teams within the Home Office by comparing a unique identifier from each refusal in the Migration Statistics extract against record level data provided by the Home Office Where a refusal is found in only one of the extracts a number of data quality checks are carried out including that each refusal is correctly linked to a refusal screen on CID The Home Office is also asked to investigate the discrepancies using detailed sources on individual cases A case is only included in the published tables if it appears in both extracts or it appears in one of the extracts and Migration Statistics
128. ing facilities can be found on the UK Border Agency now Home Office Immigration Removal Centre web pages at the following link https www gov uk immigration removal centre Further information on pre departure accommodation can be found at the following link https www gov uk government publications guidance on cedars pre departure accommodation Changes to data affecting the statistics Following the closure of the Detainee Location and Management Information System DELMIS in October 2006 figures on all people in detention on a snapshot basis by length of detention and all people leaving detention ceased to be published as no sufficiently robust quality assurance could be performed on the data However e Figures on children detained by length of detention continued to be published Figures for all people detained by length of detention resumed publication in February 2009 e Figures on people removed from the UK on leaving detention resumed in August 2007 and following the publication of figures on people entering detention in February 2009 it became possible to publish overall figures on all people leaving detention Figures on all people leaving detention resumed publication broken down by reason for leaving place of last detention age and sex in November 2010 with a breakdown by country of nationality following in February 2011 and length of detention in May 2011 Before 2009 data on people in detention on a snapsh
129. ion Statistics investigate these cases and pass the issues back to operational colleagues If the record is amended the relevant additional information is included Length of detention is the number of nights spent in the place of detention which is calculated using the date that a bed is allocated to an individual and the date that the bed is unallocated The data extracted do not allow for a calculation of the exact number of hours of detention Compilation method Each Friday evening a weekly snapshot of the Case Information Database CID is taken by Home Office On a quarterly basis extracts of the detention data are taken from this snapshot and provided directly by Home Office These extracts are filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be published Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics reconcile the detention datasets with immigration teams within Home Office by comparing a unique identifier for each detention in the Migration Statistics extract against record level data provided by Home Office Where an individual is found within only one of the extracts detailed data quality checks are carried out to ascertain whether the case should be included 78 Data on children undergo more detailed checks including confirmation of the place of detention and individual case by case reconciliation with
130. ion reviews are sometimes carried out on asylum initial decisions for a number of reasons An asylum decision by the Secretary of State can be later reviewed as a result of additional information and or significant changes in the applicant s current circumstances and the relevant country of origin information Principal applicant is the main applicant named There is one per application A principal applicant can have no one or more dependants Private Life grant of leave to remain in the UK because the person has established a private life in the UK In order to be eligible to apply for leave to remain on the basis of private life in the UK the applicant must have resided continuously in the UK for at least 20 years or be able to demonstrate that there are very significant obstacles to their integration in the country to which they would return For young people aged between 18 and 24 the applicant must have resided continuously in the UK for at least half of their life and for children aged under 18 the applicant must have resided continuously in the UK for at least 7 years and show that it would not be reasonable to expect them to leave the UK Applicants can only apply for this route from within the UK Refugee is defined by the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol the Refugee Convention as being a person who owing to a well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race religion n
131. ion that the recorded date of birth must now show that they are under 18 when they applied For applications initial decisions and withdrawals only the last time they are considered a UASC is counted 67 Ay le Raised age dispute An age dispute previously included in the data will no longer be included if it was resolved before the date of the asylum application In addition each separate age dispute on the same person are now counted The numbers now relate to the quarter when the individual becomes an asylum applicant with an age dispute rather than the quarter the asylum application is made Overall the changes reduced the number of asylum applicants counted in the published figures as UASCs while it made little overall difference to the number of age disputes counted in the published figures The actual impact as a result of these counting definition changes for 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 were reported in the About this release section of Immigration Statistics April June 2013 Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Other factors affecting the statistics In July 1998 the White Paper entitled Fairer Faster and Firmer A Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum was published It made a number of proposals on asylum several o
132. ional Statistics on e Applications for asylum including fresh claims Tables as 01 as 04 as 06 Initial decisions on asylum applications grants and refusals of asylum discretionary leave and humanitarian protection Tables as 01 as 02 as 05 as 06 Asylum applications received in Europe and elsewhere Table as 07 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children UASCs Tables as 08 as 09 Age disputed cases Table as 10 The fast track process Tables as 11 and as 12 Non suspensive appeals Table as 13 q Asylum appeals Table as 14 Applications for asylum support and those in receipt of support Tables as 15 as 18 Resettlement schemes Table as 19 q Data source The data relating to the processing of asylum applications and appeals are extracted from the Home Office s Case Information Database CID Data relating to asylum support are extracted from a database specifically for the processing and provision of asylum support ASYS Data specific to the resettlement scheme are extracted from another database maintained by the Home Office specifically for this process Background on statistics Asylum is protection given by a country to someone who is fleeing persecution in their own country It is given under the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees The Convention defines a refugee as a person who owing to a well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race
133. istics The data on visitors students passengers in transit and passengers returning previously settled are based mainly or partly depending on the category on a sample of such people Improvements to the sampling methodology were introduced from July 2003 and therefore caution should be exercised when making statistical comparisons with earlier periods at a detailed level Between February 2006 and May 2008 estimates were used to count non controlled non EEA nationals arriving at Stansted Airport rather than processing individual landing cards Data relating to controlled arrivals e g work permit holders and their dependants working holiday makers UK ancestry domestic workers au pairs spouses fianc e s etc were processed in the normal way For 2006 data it was possible to estimate Stansted non controlled arrivals by category and nationality using 2005 actual figures but this method could not be used to estimate 2007 and 2008 data Instead a very broad estimate has been produced for non controlled non EEA arrivals at Stansted that shows total arrivals and the category a passenger was granted leave to enter in This does not however allow an estimation of the greater detail needed for some of the tables for example nationality by reason of entry Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Time
134. ited Kingdom Breach immigration rules or acondition of leave granted Removed ordeparted voluntarily Removals and voluntary departures Grants of British Citizenship Citizenship Stay in the UK Apply forindefinite leave to remain i e settlement Illegally reside inthe UK Visa national Prior Entry clearance not required 3 is mandatory 3 Apply ata British mission overseas for leave to enter the United Kingdom Refused leave to enter Visas Granted indefinite Granted leave leave to enter to enter Visas Border Control Granted Persons entry to the who UK evade Admissions border control Illegally reside in the UK Return home further travel Breach acondition of leave granted or commit a criminal offence Refused settlement Settlement Granted settlement Settlement Permanent residence in the UK no restrictions Enforcement removal action initiated Removed or departed voluntarily Removals and voluntary departures 1 This flowchart provides a summary of immigration control and does not include a reference to all aspects of immigration including people detained under Immigration Rules information on which can be found in the Detention topic The chart also excludes references to resettled refugees and persons that switch their immigration status 2 Fordefinitions please referto the glossary
135. itish citizenship was published annually in the Home Office British Citizenship Statistical Bulletin previously titled Persons Granted British Citizenship United Kingdom The last bulletin was published on 27 May 2010 and is available from the archived Home Office website http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoffice gov uk rds immigrati on asylum publications html Control of Immigration Quarterly Statistical Summary United Kingdom available from the archived Home Office website published by the Home Office between 21 August 2008 and 26 May 2011 http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20130128103514 http www homeoffice gov uk publications science research statistics research statistics immigration asylum research Control of Immigration Statistics United Kingdom were published in the form of a Command Paper until 2006 and as an online bulletin between 2007 and 2009 Previous editions are available online from The Stationery Office website www official documents gov uk and the archived Home Office website http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20130128103514 http www homeoffice gov uk publications science research statistics research statistics immigration asylum research Before 2008 statistics on asylum applications and decisions were published annually in the Asylum Statistics United Kingdom bulletin available online from http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 2011021813
136. ividual who may be applying for a visa from outside the UK or for an extension of stay if already in the UK 4 The individual then uses the CoS as part of a visa application or application for an extension of stay Tier 2 General is currently subject to a limit on the number of CoS that can be allocated to new hires earning less than 150 000 per year or for dependants of Tier 4 students who wish to switch into Tier 2 General The sponsor must apply for an allocation for these restricted CoS on a case by case basis to be considered at a monthly allocation meeting held by the Home Office Once assigned a CoS must be used to apply for leave within three months If not used the CoS status changes to Expired The CoS may also be withdrawn by the sponsor or cancelled by the Home Office Sponsors can apply for an additional allocation of CoS if required although certain limits apply depending on the tier in which the sponsor is licensed Sponsors are given an A or B rating when they join the register The B rating is a transitional rating and means that the sponsor is working with the Home Office to improve their systems The A rating is granted where the Home Office are satisfied that the sponsor has the systems in place to carry out their sponsor duties Sponsors may apply for and be granted a premium level of customer service from the Home Office and as such have an A Premium rating A sponsor may be licensed under more than one
137. laimed All other applicants will be afforded the benefit of doubt and treated as children until an assessment of their age has been completed The method for counting age disputed applications was changed in August 2013 The counting definition for age disputes raised now used is An age assessment request raised for a main asylum applicant Age disputes raised relates to the number of age assessment requests made in a quarter where the asylum application was made in the same or an earlier quarter together with asylum applications raised where there is an age assessment outstanding from a previous quarter Within the quarterly table the data are split based on whether the asylum application was existing i e made in a previous period The number of age disputes resolved are also provided and relate to the number of age assessments marked as completed during a quarter The age groups provided relate to the age the individual was considered to be when the age assessment request were raised based on the date of birth recorded when the data were extracted It is expected that the date of birth would have been updated to reflect the outcome of the age assessment Therefore these data are provided to give an indication of proportions of individuals who have been subject to an age assessment that are considered to be a 62 child or adult as result of the assessment Not all age disputes are fully recorded as closed following an age assessment so d
138. les which are laid before Parliament by the Home Secretary govern the entry and refusal of entry of passengers into the UK the conditions of stay in the UK the variation of such conditions following entry settlement and the deportation or removal of individuals Current Immigration Rules are stated in Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 395 which took effect from 1 October 1994 This consolidated previous rule changes although there have been changes to the rules since 1994 Some of these changes have affected the statistics and the most important changes are given in the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside this User Guide 19 4 Information affecting all topics Potential uses of the data provided in the Immigration Statistics release The following list of uses of Official Statistics was produced by the UK Statistics Authority http www statisticsauthority gov uk assessment monitoring monitoring reviews monitoring brief 6 2010 the use made of official statistics pdf We have indicated a range of the expected uses of the data within Immigration Statistics in bold with some examples i Informing the general public s choices a about investment decisions b about service providers c about lifestyle choices d about the state of the economy society and the environment e g via Parliament and the media e about the performance of government and public bodies e g via Parliam
139. les can be compiled using the derivation indicated below A summary of the compilation process is given overleaf The derivation of the British nationals figure is as follows a Total passenger arrivals from monthly returns made by ports b Non EEA nationals from landing cards C EEA nationals except British nationals British nationals is calculated as a minus b minus c Sampling method for Heathrow and Gatwick Non controlled cards are separated into two groups American nationals and other nationals They are then weighed to estimate the total number in each group A random 1 in 50 sample is taken of all American national arrivals and used to estimate the total for each category of arrival Similarly a complete count of the other nationals group all non American non EEA nationals is made for a defined seven day period in each month the same weekly period is used for consistency however different weeks are used for each port Final monthly totals for both individual nationalities and category of arrival are estimated based on these counts for American nationals and for non American non EEA nationals and the estimated total for non EEA nationals The combined total for Heathrow Gatwick for American non controlled cards represented 7896 of the national total for 2014 for non American non EEA nationals the corresponding figure was 73 Rounding method For data on passenger arrivals data of 1 000 or fewer are roun
140. lications for settlement Before 2002 data were extracted from legacy systems Background on statistics The settlement figures comprise people granted settlement on arrival also known as indefinite leave to enter and people who have applied for settlement having lived in the UK for a certain length of time for example currently five years for workers in certain routes also known as on removal of time limit or indefinite leave to remain Following changes in immigration legislation in the 1980s the majority of grants around 98 are to people already in the country The statistics of grants of settlement i e people subject to immigration control who are allowed to remain in the UK indefinitely provide a measure of the longer term immigration of people subject to immigration control Settlement generally occurs after a period of two or more years of residency in the UK Most applicants also have to demonstrate knowledge of the English language Those granted settlement are able to without restriction work or study travel into and out of the UK access state benefits including access to the National Health Service NHS sponsor an immigration application for example to be joined by a spouse or an elderly relative and register their UK born child as a British citizen It does not entitle the person to a British passport which requires British citizenship or to vote in general elections which requires Commonwealth
141. line published alongside the User Guide Data quality Overall the data quality for the passenger arrivals at UK ports of entry is considered to be high These data e are largely based on administrative counts of the Home Office arrivals processes for non EEA nationals at UK ports including sampling for Heathrow and Gatwick as well as port totals validated by comparison with an alternative source Civil Aviation Authority e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office e are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and have not in recent years had to be revised at all when the annual data are subsequently checked 12 months later and the provisional status of the data is altered to final and e undergo a detailed checking process including comparison with alternative sources of data at the port level Civil Aviation Authority checking by line managers of coding carried out by Border Force Officers comparison with data for previous periods and validation checks see below for further details The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as nationality is as a proportion relatively low
142. lity is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number of cases While EEA nationals are not required to hold visas the data contain some applications and grants of visas recorded as relating to EEA nationals Grants are in the region of 400 1 400 per year Approximately 95 of these are those recorded as Cypriots but most likely these people are from the area not under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus Further internal investigation of the data has suggested that there has been some misclassification of the data categories relating to Northern Cyprus nationals This affects tables published prior to August 2014 The data has been corrected in the August 2014 edition including for historical data Prior to the August 2014 edition data for visas relating to Ghurkhas discharged before 1997 and to widow er s of Ghurkhas discharged before 1997 were included under the Family route In the August 2014 edition these data have been re classified under the Other settlement indefinite leave category including for historical data Prior to the August 2014 edition the visa figures concerning Refugees also included some visa applications and grants relating to Stateless individuals In the August 2014 edition data relating to these visas have been reclassified under Stateless includi
143. lity specific population and migration international migration methodology long term international migration estimates methodology pdf Long Term International Migration 1 series methodology 2010 contains tables showing the components and adjustments for Long Term International Migration LTIM and the standard errors and non response associated with the International Passenger Survey IPS estimates Related statistics published elsewhere e Office for National Statistics international migration statistics on those migrating for work and labour market statistics including employment rates and changes by country of birth and by nationality can be found at http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Labour Market e National Insurance Number Allocations to Adult Overseas Nationals entering the UK https Awww gov uk government organisations department for work pensions series national insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the uk are published by the Department for Work and Pensions On 20 January 2012 the department published a report on Nationality at point of National Insurance number registration of DWP benefit claimants February 2011 working age benefits https www gov uk government uploads system uploads attachment data file 196677 nat nino regs pdf e Reports of the Migration Advisory Committee can be found at https www gov uk go
144. mance monitoring of the Home Office e are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in August each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and have not in recent years had to be revised at all when the annual data are subsequently checked 12 months later and the provisional status of the data is altered to final e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors and e undergo a thorough reconciliation process The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex and nationality is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number less than 196 of cases e n a small number of cases the recorded data appears inconsistent for example where the recorded case type and statistics category do not represent a valid combination under the 91 published Immigration Rules e g for a non EEA national allowed to stay in the UK by virtue of their relationship to a non British EEA citizen the Statistics Category recorded should indicate a document recognising their right to reside has be
145. me Office s Quality Assurance Framework e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following May and e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex category and nationality is low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no statistical grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used For a very small proportion of the data less than 0 5 further information is used for validation and classification purposes further reducing missing data e g where the sex of the applicant was not recorded three cases in 2014 were classified based on the applicant s title Compilation method Each quarter generally during the first week after the end of the reference period an extract of extensions data is taken from the Case Information Database CID by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be published Quality and process checks carried out A cross check of tables to ensure consistent totals is undertaken as part of the production process D
146. mily members Total passenger arrivals figures also include British citizens Additionally long term migration data published by the Office for National Statistics ONS include all nationalities Enlargement of the EU EEA since 1994 European Union EU nationals previously European Community EC nationals have had the right to enter and live in the UK without immigration control since 1973 On 1 January 1994 the European Economic Area EEA Agreement came into force meaning that this right was extended to all EEA nationals At the time the EEA countries were the 12 Member States of the European Union together with Austria Finland Sweden Iceland and Norway Austria Finland and Sweden subsequently became Member States of the European Union on 1 January 1995 and Liechtenstein became part of the European Economic Area on 1 May 1995 An agreement giving the same rights to Swiss nationals came into force on 1 June 2002 The Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Slovakia and Slovenia EU8 countries together with Cyprus and Malta became part of the European Union on 1 May 2004 From this date nationals of Cyprus and Malta have had full free movement rights and rights to work and restrictions on nationals from EU8 countries working in the UK via the Worker Registration Scheme were put in place these restrictions ended on 1 May 2011 Bulgaria and Romania the EU2 countries became part of the Europe
147. mmencing employment in the UK and to highly skilled individuals who were exempt from this requirement to confirm their right to work After entry application to vary leave to remain is an application from a person wishing to extend or change the status of their stay in the UK An individual is required to apply for an extension or change in status before their existing permission to enter or stay has expired Within the Immigration Rules an individual may make more than one application in any given year An age disputed application is when an asylum applicant claim that they are under 18 years of age is doubted and they have little or no evidence to support their claimed age The Home Office policy is to treat an applicant whose physical appearance demeanour very strongly suggests that they are significantly over 18 years of age as adults until there is credible documentary or other persuasive evidence to demonstrate the age claimed All other applicants will be afforded the benefit of doubt and treated as children until a careful case law compliant assessment of their age has been completed by a local authority Assisted Voluntary Return AVR refers to a range of programmes that are available to individuals who are in the asylum system or who are irregular migrants and who wish to return home permanently to either their non EEA country of origin or to a third country where they are permanently admissible The Home Office has been funding AVR progr
148. mony by applicants over 18 years of age Children under 18 do not have to take the Oath Affirmation or Pledge Rejection In 2005 and 2006 new processes for rejecting applications before any substantive consideration of the case were introduced Those with situations where the applicant is found to be British already or whose application is not at the outset supported by the requisite evidence of entitlement to or qualification for British citizenship Entitlement The applicant satisfied the conditions specified by the 1981 Act Discretionary The success of the application depends either in whole or in part on the Secretary of State being satisfied on the basis of all the information at their disposal that it would be appropriate to grant it Ceremony attended A ceremony organised by County or Local Authorities for successful applicants over 18 years of age for British citizenship At the ceremony the applicant takes the Oath or Affirmation of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and the Pledge of loyalty to the UK Since 1 January 2004 this has been the final stage in the process of attaining British citizenship Changes to data affecting the statistics Reported figures of applications have previously included both British citizenship and right of abode in the UK as a Commonwealth national although right of abode decisions are not included in the tables on decisions From 2002 it has been possible to separately identify right of abode an
149. n Statistics releases See the Summary of responses to the consultation published alongside Immigration Statistics April June 2011 Comparison to asylum applications in other countries Data on asylum applications made in selected other countries are sourced from a number of international organisations including Eurostat UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and IGC Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration Asylum and Refugees The data have been provided to these organisations by the named countries In some cases the countries listed have not released asylum applications for the full time period and figures have been estimated through extrapolation from earlier data In consequence figures for countries other than the UK may over or under record depending on data available and recent trends The notes page within the Asylum tables list the countries where asylum applications have been estimated Key terms Other grants grants under family and private life rules from 9 July 2012 Leave Outside the Rules which was introduced for those refused asylum from 1 April 2013 and UASC leave which was introduced for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children refused asylum but eligible for temporary leave from 1 April 2013 Other key terms for asylum can be found in the glossary of terms 66 Changes to data affecting the statistics Asylum applications and decisions Data after April 2000 for asylum applications and May 2000
150. n on other grounds e s 4A discretionary registration for adults and minors who are British overseas territories citizens by connection with a qualifying territory e s 4 5 discretionary registration on the grounds of Crown service in a British overseas territory of a British overseas territories citizen a British overseas citizen a British national overseas a British subject or a British protected person Transitional arrangement small numbers of which were granted mainly under sections 6 1 and 6 2 between 1990 and 1999 e Schedule 8 relates to applications made before the commencement of the 1981 Act and provides that a applications will continue to be decided in accordance with the provisions of the previous nationality Acts and b applicants if successful acquire the citizenship they would have acquired on 1 January 1983 if the application had been decided before 1983 Under the British Nationality Act 1981 it is possible for British citizens who are over 18 years of age and of full capacity to apply to renounce their nationality although renunciation will only be granted where that applicant already has or is about to acquire citizenship of another country Further information on renunciation of British citizenship is available on the Home Office website https www gov uk renounce british nationality Key terms Grant A positive outcome of an application for British citizenship before attending a citizenship cere
151. nd to look at the consequences of maintaining or lifting the current employment restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania A report Review of the transitional restrictions on access of Bulgarian and Romanian nationals to the UK labour market from the MAC looked at the impact on the domestic labour market if the transitional controls were removed The report available from https www gov uk government publications review of the restrictions on bulgaria and romanian nationals found that lifting the current restrictions could cause more EU2 nationals to come to the UK to work particularly in lower skilled occupations where there is greater risk of displacement of resident workers and a negative impact on wages The Government announced on 23 November 2011 that these controls would be extended until the end of 2013 More information on the restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania are described in the EEA section CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP COS Please refer to the Visas and Sponsorship section of this User Guide for further information ENTRY CLEARANCE VISAS Where possible entry clearance visas that have been superseded by the PBS and are therefore now obsolete have been linked to the tier that they relate to and are referred to as pre PBS equivalents This helps to provide a consistent time series For some work related endorsements an obsolete endorsement has been split between one or more of the tiers or could now be
152. ng for historical data Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visas which became available out of country in April 2013 were not included in the visa tables prior to the August 2014 edition due to delays in the updates to data processing systems Where visa endorsements have been replaced or are no longer used data for the new endorsement codes are aggregated as far as possible to be comparable with existing data The data for the new endorsements are presented alongside data for existing endorsements accompanied by a note to explain the change Compilation method Entry clearance visa data come from the Proviso Central Referencing System CRS visa case working system Data are extracted to produce statistics on visa applications grants and appeals worldwide The visa case working database CRS is live so reports produced by the management information teams will continually update 35 Entry clearance statistics are produced by International Group within the Home Office The Migration Statistics team within the Home Office who do not have access to the source database prepare the tables for publication Quality and process checks carried out The Migration Statistics team at the Home Office undertake cross checking of tables to ensure consistent totals as part of the production process Data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with Home Office operational and policy teams A
153. ng term international migration estimates methodology pdf Long Term International Migration 1 series methodology 2010 contains tables showing the components and adjustments for Long Term International Migration LTIM and the standard errors and non response associated with the International Passenger Survey IPS estimates Related statistics published elsewhere The Migrant Journey research reports provide analysis on migrants journeys through the immigration system For more information see Other sources of information on immigration and migration 103 17 Other sources of information on immigration and migration The UK National Statistics publication hub www statistics gov uk hub population lists a wide range of statistical publications on immigration and migration that are designated National Statistics and produced by Home Office Science the Office for National Statistics the Department for Work and Pensions and the devolved administrations In addition there are a number of Official Statistics publications from other government departments and agencies statistics from international organisations and other sources of information on immigration and migration Unless specified otherwise the non research UK materials referenced below are published as designated National Statistics releases publications Current Home Office statistical and research publications Monthly Asylum Statistics Official Statistics
154. nitial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex and nationality is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number of cases e incomplete date of birth e incorrect outcome selected for example exceptional leave to remain after 1 April 2003 humanitarian protection HP and discretionary leave DL before 1 April 2003 and e case created on CID before the date of application Asylum applications and initial decisions The data quality for the total numbers of asylum applications and initial decisions is considered to be high In addition to the above these data e undergo a reconciliation process e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office and e are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework The number of asylum applications and decisions relating to dependants are subject to a slightly larger percentage increase than those relating to main applicants between the data published eac
155. ns to study Data quality Overall the data quality for the numbers of sponsors on the register and CoS used and CAS used is considered to be high These data e are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office e include register totals produced directly from the Home Office s published list register of sponsors which is subject to scrutiny by the sponsors themselves providing external scrutiny checking of the sponsor status for example e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors and e undergo a reconciliation process total numbers of sponsors matches published totals produced independently by the Home Office The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as nationality is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues e information on sponsors industry category is self completed and may be subject to classification errors particularly at more detailed levels Compilation method Informa
156. nsion age who are out of work or work less than 16 hours a week on average based on income and savings criteria A juxtaposed control is a UK Border Zone set up by international treaty in another country to enforce UK immigration detection or police powers before the passenger physically arrives on UK Sovereign territory A landing card is a form completed by all passengers subject to immigration control which is given to the Border Force Officer on arrival A landing card is completed for each journey a person who makes more than one journey is counted on each occasion A controlled landing card is one where the passenger has been granted leave to enter and is intending to stay for at least six months a non controlled landing card is one where the passenger is intending to stay for less than six months and does not intend to work Leave to remain is permission to stay in the UK either temporarily limited leave to remain or permanently indefinite leave to remain In this release an extension of leave to remain is known as extension of stay Migrant switchers are people who stated the intention in the IPS to stay in the destination country for at least a year and are therefore counted as migrants but who actually left sooner Nationality is often used interchangeably with citizenship and some datasets refer to nationals of a country rather than citizens Different datasets have different ways of establishing someone
157. nsulted on in early 2014 http www ons gov uk ons about ons get involved consultations consultations country groupings in international migration statistics index html gt These will provide a more detailed breakdown of our figures by geographical region and not in any way restrict the information already available at the level of individual country of nationality The following table shows the old and new geographical region for each country of nationality For consistency with the ONS groupings subdivisions of EU nationalities have been used in the breakdown though the numbers in our statistical series are generally very low reflecting the fact that EU nationals are not normally subject to most forms of immigration control The grouping also keeps Middle East separate from the ONS Central Asia category as our complete counts of numbers support such separation and there is user interest in continuing to maintain a Middle East category Along with other changes the definition of Europe Other no longer includes central Asian former Soviet republics such as Kazakhstan 110 Country of nationality Old region New region Afghanistan Asia Asia Central Albania Europe Europe Other Algeria Africa Africa North American Samoa Oceania Oceania Andorra Europe Europe Other Angola Africa Africa Sub Saharan Anguilla British Americas Other A
158. nt crime and child abuse e Category B high harm has committed other criminal offences including illegal working dishonest claim for asylum support and identity fraud and e Category C medium harm has committed other offences not linked to any of the above more serious criminality including minor immigration offences a drain on public funds and antisocial behaviour e Category D low harm has committed other low level offences including shoplifting Harm Category D low harm was introduced in the first quarter of 2012 Prior to 2012 Harm Category D would have been classified as part of the previous Harm Category C 83 Ay le In some cases people who have departed will not have been assessed and these are reported as Cases not assessed These mainly relate to people who have already left or are detected leaving the UK of their own accord and were not subject to a pre departure harm assessment The harm matrix was introduced in 2007 for the Public Service Agreement 3 Indicator 4 which is no longer an official measurement of Home Office performance However the data continue to be collected and monitored Changes to data affecting the statistics Since 2006 cases that had initially been refused leave to enter at ports but were subsequently dealt with in country are classified as Enforced removals or voluntary departures and no longer classified as Refused entry at port and subsequently removed Sin
159. ntigua and Barbuda Americas America Central and South Argentina Americas America Central and South Armenia Europe Europe Other Aruba Americas America Central and South Australia Oceania Oceania Austria Europe EU 14 Azerbaijan Europe Europe Other Bahamas The Americas America Central and South Bahrain Middle East Middle East Bangladesh Asia Asia South Barbados Americas America Central and South Belarus Europe Europe Other Belgium Europe EU 14 Belize Americas America Central and South Benin Africa Africa Sub Saharan Bermuda British Americas Other Bhutan Asia Asia South Bolivia Americas America Central and South Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba Americas America Central and South Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe Europe Other Botswana Africa Africa Sub Saharan Brazil Americas America Central and South British overseas citizens Other Other Brunei Asia Asia South East Bulgaria Europe EU2 Burkina Africa Africa Sub Saharan Burma Asia Asia South East Burundi Africa Africa Sub Saharan Cambodia Asia Asia South East Cameroon Africa Africa Sub Saharan Canada Americas America North Cape Verde Africa Africa Sub Saharan Cayman Islands British Americas Other Central African Republic Africa Africa Sub Saharan Chad Africa Africa Sub Saharan Chile Americas America Central and South China Asia Asia East Christma
160. ocation on Home Office administrative database e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of Home Office e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling error e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and have not in recent years had to be revised at all when the annual data are subsequently checked 12 months later and the provisional status of the data is altered to final and e undergo a detailed reconciliation process The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex and nationality is very low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used The following are known data quality issues which affect a small number of cases overlapping periods of detention e incomplete date of birth e not detained in a immigration removals centre short term holding facility or pre departure accommodation e incorrect detention closure reason and e incorrect detention closure date time These issues are mostly captured within specified data quality reports run at the same time as the data are filtered As part of the quarterly reconciliation process Migrat
161. of HP DL or LTR under family or private life rules are only recorded in the statistics on the first occasion that it is granted not again when it is extended Fresh claims When a human rights or asylum claim has been refused withdrawn or treated as withdrawn under paragraph 333C of Immigration Rule 353 and any appeal relating to that claim is no longer pending the decision maker will consider any further submissions and if rejected will then determine whether they amount to a fresh claim The submissions will amount to a fresh claim if they are significantly different from the material that has previously been considered The submissions will only be significantly different if the content e had not already been considered and e taken together with the previously considered material created a realistic prospect of success notwithstanding its rejection Asylum cases pending This series counts the number of asylum cases lodged since April 2006 that are pending These pending cases include those awaiting an initial decision together with those that have had an initial decision and are still pending further review such as those in the appeals process but exclude those that are pending a judicial review They do not include failed asylum seekers Further work is needed to assure the quality of the earlier records before information on applications from earlier years can be published An individual s asylum application may be pendin
162. of terms section of this user guide 3 Non visa nationals seeking to enter the United Kingdom in a visa category or for longer than 6 months require a visa whereas those seeking to enter the United Kingdom for 6 months or less do not 2 Glossary of terms This glossary accompanies the Immigration Statistics releases It is intended to give an overview of the terms rather than a full technical description If there are terms in the Immigration Statistics releases that you would like to be explained in this glossary please contact MigrationStatsEnquiries homeoffice gsi gov uk Acronyms HSMP Highly Skilled Migrant Programme SAWS Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme ILR Indefinite Leave to Remain SBS Sector Based Scheme NS National Statistic UASC Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child PBS Points based system WRS Worker Registration Scheme Terms Within an explanation of a term words in bold are explained elsewhere in the glossary Accession is the event of becoming a Member State of the European Union Accession Residence Card A document issued to third country national family members of Croatian authorised workers The accession residence card is valid for 12 months and confirms the holders right to live and work in the UK Accession Worker Cards were documents issued to Bulgarian and Romanian nationals from 2007 to 2013 conferring permission to work where they were subject to the requirement to obtain such permission before co
163. olding facilities have opened Brook House 18 March 2009 Morton Hall 16 May 2011 Larne House 5 July 2011 and The Verne 28 September 2014 In March 2011 Tinsley House Family Unit IRC was reopened after refurbishment predominately for families detained at the Border whilst awaiting a decision to allow entry to the UK Tables for detention of children now identify numbers held in Tinsley House Family Unit IRC from 2013 onwards Cedars the pre departure accommodation designed for children and their families opened on 17 August 2011 Cedars was specifically designed to provide a secure facility for children and their families Whilst children are detained in Cedars PDA under Immigration Act powers they are not held in the same conditions as previously found in adult detention facilities From 16 July 2012 following a change in operational policy Colnbrook immigration removal centre now accepts detainees directly on entering detention rather than initially entering detention at Colnbrook short term holding facility before being transferred to Colnbrook immigration removal centre TT Ay le Data quality Overall the data quality for people detained snapshot figures and children entering and leaving detention is considered to be high data quality for people entering and leaving detention are considered to be medium to high All data e are administrative counts of the Home Office detention bed occupancy all
164. omania html ISSUES AND REFUSALS OF RESIDENCE DOCUMENTATION TO EEA NATIONALS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS Data source Data are extracted from the Home Office administrative database after caseworkers have entered information relating to the applications and decisions Background on the statistics Under the Immigration EEA Regulations 2006 EEA nationals and their family members have an initial right to reside in the UK for three months without conditions To have a right to reside in the country longer than this the EEA national must be exercising a Treaty Right described in domestic regulations as being a qualified person To be considered a qualified person they must be a jobseeker worker self employed person self sufficient or a student After living in the UK for a continuous period of five years in accordance with the EEA Regulations an EEA national and any family member will acquire the right of permanent residence in the UK 90 Key terms Registration certificates and residence cards are issued as confirmation that an EEA national is a qualified person or as conformation of a person s right to reside as a family member of an EEA national Documents certifying permanent residence and permanent residence cards are issued after five continuous years living in the UK in accordance with the EEA Regulations Definitions of document types can be found in the glossary of terms Grants The issue of documentation under the Imm
165. ombination under the published Immigration Rules These records are excluded from the published data and where resources allow are passed back to Home Office for investigation and correction e In Table cz 05 data for 2002 includes a significant proportion of records 27 for which the sex of the applicant was not recorded This was due to the introduction of a new administrative database the Case Information Database CID in late 2001 Processes for the capture of this information were introduced during 2002 reducing missing values to 2 or less of the total in 2003 and subsequent years Additionally data relating to decisions are subject to revisions as a result of the outcomes of the administrative reconsideration of a small 0 0196 proportion of cases Applications made in the first quarter of 2012 were originally estimated based on a combination of records in the Home Office administrative IT system and manual counts of applications which had not yet been recorded on the IT system These estimates were rounded to the nearest 100 The estimates of application figures were revised to show the actual numbers in May 2013 The estimate for the first quarter of 2012 of 53 600 first published in May 2012 was replaced with actual figures derived from the IT system of 54 972 in May 2013 Data are supplied to Eurostat the European statistical organisation under definitions in line with EU statistical legislation There are slight differences b
166. on grants of further leave to remain settlement indefinite leave to remain and citizenship statistics and A8 and A2 accession statistics Refugee Council The Refugee Council reported that they value publication of immigration statistics and regard them as an essential part of the transparency and openness of management of the Home Office The Refugee Council use data on detained fast track process for monitoring 20 4104 ken m v Asylum Support Appeals Project ASAP NIS ASAP use asylum and asylum support data to monitor the impact and effectiveness of Home Office policies and procedures inform service provision and resource allocation e g future demand for legal advice representation and compare corroborate with frontline evidence Wales Strategic Migration Partnership Wales Strategic Migration Partnership use data for planning of services within local areas Immigration Law Practitioners Association ILPA ILPA use data within information dissemination to members for evidence based research and opinion Other identified users individuals names omitted Asylum Aid Asylum Refugee and Migration Services Directorate for Adults Manchester City Council Bail for Immigration Detainees Bank of England Centre for Migration Policy Research Swansea University Centre on Migration Policy and Society COMPAS University of Oxford Confederation of British Industry CBI Department for Business Innovation and Skills De
167. onal migrant An international long term migrant is defined as a person who moves to a country other than that of his or her usual residence for a period of at least a year so that the country of destination effectively becomes his or her new country of usual residence 52 9 Citizenship Summary flowchart British citizenship Legend gt Likely path Possible path clue Foreign UK resident Citizenship application types User Guide Backgroun id on statistics i b Registration Registration Naturalisation a a oer Entitlement Discretionary Residence in the UK n Knowledge of Life inthe UK English language test Pass Fail Apply for British citizenship Tables cz_01 cz_01_q andcz_03 Grants of British overseas territories citizenship made at Foreign amp Commonwealth Office posts abroad and other types of citizenship Table cz_04 Grant British citizenship Tablescz 02 cz 02 qandcz O3to cz 07 Refuse British citizenship Tables cz_03 and cz 09 18 years of Under 18 ageorover years of age Y Citizenship ceremony Table cz_08 British citizenship Renunciation Table cz_10 53 Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published as National Statistics on e Applications received for British citizenship Tables cz_01 cz 01 q and
168. onals and because visas granted and passenger arrivals data include visitors and short term migrants Entry clearance visas are only required for some nationals see above whereas all nationals are included in the IPS ONS uses the United Nations UN definition of migrants which is those moving to a country for a year or more Therefore for non EEA nationals entry clearance visas are granted to those counted as long term migrants and others besides Some visas are only valid for less than a year but for those granted with visas that could be for longer than a year there is no actual information as to the intended length of stay In summary the differences between visas granted and long term migrants are e visas can be granted in one period and the individual arrives in a later period e the individual may not arrive e visa issuances include those intending to enter for less than 12 months and therefore not in the same group as long term migrants e the visa granted may be different from the main reason of stay stated in response to the IPS including those who switch visas while in the UK and e not all long term migrants require a visa for entry in particular EEA and Swiss nationals 37 S The LTIM and IPS estimates are based on a survey which is subject to sampling error Details of the standard errors and variability are available from the links below to the ONS website http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy in
169. ond member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trends seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere Entry clearance visas EEA Family Permits see the Visas topic IPS ESTIMATES OF IMMIGRATION These data are provided by the Office for National Statistics ONS and further information can be obtained from http Awww ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl International Migrationhttp Awww ons gov uk o ns taxonomy index html nscl Migration Data quality The data are mainly based on the International Passenger Survey and therefore subject to sampling error Information on the sampling errors for ONS s international migration statistics can be found at http www ons gov uk ons guide method method quality specific population and migration international migration methodology long term international migration estimates methodology pdf Long Term International Migration 1 series methodology 2010 contains tables showing the components and adjustments for Long Term International Migration LTIM and the standard errors and non response associated with the International Passenger Survey IPS estimates 92 14 Work Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published on Entry clearance visas granted for work
170. ons of the removals and voluntary departure figures in Immigration Statistics and those provided to Eurostat as follows e data provided to Eurostat since 2010 have been counts of individuals removed multiple notices issued to the same person in the same year are not counted while data published within Immigration Statistics count each removal e the Immigration Statistics figures include Dublin removals multiple removals by the same person in the same reference month and removals of European Union nationals while figures provided to Eurostat exclude these departures and e data provided under Article 7 1b also exclude departures to the following destinations European Union countries Norway Switzerland and Northern Cyprus 86 13 European Economic Area Statistics published in Immigration Statistics Figures are published on e Applications from Bulgarian and Romanian nationals for accession worker cards registration certificates the Sector Based Scheme SBS and the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme SAWS Table ee 01 q e Applications from Croatian nationals for accession worker cards and registration certificates e ssues and refusals of residence documentation to EEA nationals and their family members Table ee 02 Commentary on applications from Bulgarian Romania and Croatian nations can be found in the Work topic while commentary on issues and refusals of residence documentation to EEA nationals and their
171. or family reasons Grants of in country extensions of stay for family reasons Family formation and reunion grants of settlement and IPS estimates of immigration for family reasons Key terms There are a number of ways that allow people to come to the UK for family reasons The traditional family route is made up of those coming to join or accompany family members who are British citizens or settled people This includes fianc e s proposed civil partners spouses civil partners unmarried or same sex partners children and adult dependent relatives Others come as dependants of people who have not been granted the right to stay permanently for example the family members of those working or studying in the UK dependants joining accompanying There are also those who come for a short time to visit family members visitors The numbers coming for family reasons are monitored using a number of different measures as listed above These various statistics can appear to give different pictures of family immigration This is because they use different definitions of family and count different aspects of the immigration process with some showing intentions or permissions while others show actual events Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics Following a consultation on family migration a number of changes to the Immigration Rules came into effect on 9 July 2012 The changes included e introduction of
172. orts have made a return and that the data received are in line with the same month in previous years Ports are contacted where there are significant differences or a return has not been made and asked to confirm the data or explain the differences e Total passenger arrival data for airports are checked against monthly data provided by the Civil Aviation Authority http www caa co uk default aspx catid 80 amp pagetype 88 amp pageid 3 amp sglid 3 e Total passenger arrivals data for the port of Dover are provided by the Department for Transport and subject to their internal quality assurance processes Maritime Statistics publications are available at https www gov uk government organisations department for transport series ports statistics e Total passenger arrival data for passengers travelling on Eurostar are provided by Eurostar International Ltd and are subject to their internal quality assurance processes e Quarterly checks are made to identify errors on controlled cards These relate to either incorrect codes or categories of entry in which only certain nationalities can gain entry When identified the scanned image of the card is checked and the record amended Related statistics published elsewhere and making comparisons between different sources e Entry clearance visas see the Visas topic for an explanation of the relationship and differences between the data e Extensions of stay see the Extensions topic e Statistics
173. ot basis were published as at the last Saturday of each quarter from 2009 onwards the data have been published as at the last day of each quarter 76 Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Revisions Revisions to the data on the number of children entering detention occur when a more recent data extract is used to produce the figures Later extracts will reflect changes made to date of birth information about individuals after reviews new evidence or Merton assessments These changes do not change the total number of people entering detention but may increase or decrease the number of children entering detention For more information see Revisions Analysis in the Conventions used in Immigration Statistics section of this User Guide Other changes affecting the statistics Since the beginning of 2004 the following immigration removal centres and short term holding facilities have closed Dover Harbour 31 July 2010 Oakington Reception Centre 12 November 2010 Harwich 30 November 2010 Lindholme 23 December 2011 and Haslar IRC 23 April 2015 Additionally Yarl s Wood closed to families with children on 16 December 2010 Since the beginning of 2004 the following immigration removal centres and short term h
174. otectorate protected state mandated or trust territory In most cases BPP status was lost if the place was part of a country which attained independence or if they acquired another nationality Further information on the types of British nationality can be found on the Home Office web site https www gov uk browse citizenship citizenship 54 Categories of grants relate to the section of the British Nationality Act 1981 under which citizenship was acquired The following is a brief summary of the provisions of the relevant sections of the Act grouped as they appear in table cz_07 Naturalisation based on residence e s 6 1 naturalisation of an adult by virtue of five years residence in the UK or UK Crown service Naturalisation based on marriage e s 6 2 naturalisation of an adult who is married to a British citizen by virtue of three years residence in the UK Entitlement to registration as an adult e s 7 transitional entitlements to registration of a Commonwealth citizen who was resident in the UK e s 10 1 entitlement to acquire British citizenship by a person who had renounced citizenship of the UK and Colonies before 1983 e s 13 1 entitlement to resume British citizenship by a person who has previously renounced it e s 8 1 transitional entitlement to registration of a woman still married since before 1983 to a man who became a British citizen on 1 January 1983 Entitlement to registration as a
175. p www unhcr org 4f70631 16 html and statistics trends http www unhcr org 4e9beaa 9 html Eurostat statistical reports http epp eurostat ec europa eu statistics explained index php Migration and migrant population sta tistics Migrants in Europe 2011 edition A statistical portrait of the first and second generation http epp eurostat ec europa eu cache ITY OFFPUB KS 31 10 539 EN KS 31 10 539 EN PDF http epp eurostat ec europa eu cache ITY OFFPUB KS BP 02 006 EN KS BP 02 006 EN PDF OECD International Migration Outlook http www oecd org els mig internationalmigrationoutlook201 1 htm UK country notes free download http Avww oecd org migration 48364632 pdf The Guardian htto Avww qguardian co uk uk 2012 may 24 net migration uk 250000 a year INTCMP SRCH 22 BBC Iris oy http www bbc co uk news uk 18189797 Government decision making about policies and associated decisions about related programmes and projects policy making and policy monitoring Migration Advisory Committee reports and publications https www gov uk government organisations migration advisory committee Home Office consultations on changes to policy https www gov uk government publications departments9 65B965D uk visas and immigration amp publication filter option consultations House of Commons Public Accounts Committee 2009 Management of asylum applications report http www publications parliament uk pa cm200809 cmselect cmpubacc 325 3
176. partment for Communities and Local Government Department for Work and Pensions Department of Social Policy and Social Work University of Oxford European Migration Network Eurostat HM Treasury IGC Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration Asylum and Refugees Institute for Public Policy Research Institute of Employment Studies at Sussex London School of Economics Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford Migration Research Unit University College London Migration Watch UK National Institute of Economic amp Social Research National Records of Scotland North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership Support Team Nuffield College University of Oxford OECD International Migration Division Office for National Statistics School of Geography University of Leeds Trades Union Congress TUC United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research Data and Methods WISERD Kings College University of Cambridge Wales Strategic Migration Partnership Warwick Institute of Employment Research at Warwick Welsh Refugee Council Cyngor Ffoaduriaid Cymru Within the Home Office the statistics are used by a range of policy advisers social researchers and economists in order to inform policy and operational decisions by Ministers Examples of uses of the statistics Note the examples given below identify some uses of the statistics however their inclusion does not indic
177. pe to indicate a filter has been selected for that column To undo or change the selection click on the button again and select another item from the list presented More than one column can be filtered at the same time The colour and form of the icon shown in the filter button may differ according to the package being used to view the table Filtering may not be possible when viewed on some mobile devices Classification of countries and nationalities In the Immigration Statistics release some data are available by country of nationality The country of nationality recorded is based on the documentation generally passports provided by the individual at the point of recording the details For asylum statistics the country of nationality is usually based on documentary evidence although sometimes the asylum seeker would arrive in the UK without any such documentation As far as is sensible a full country of nationality list has been provided The heading British overseas citizens includes British protected persons and British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1981 and covers those people classified in the pre 1983 issues of this publication as United Kingdom Passport Holders as well as British overseas citizens Those recorded as British overseas territories citizens BOTCs from Hong Kong stateless persons from Hong Kong British nationals overseas and holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports ar
178. quarterly rather than annual data where appropriate Data on appeals are only available from 2008 following a change to the procedures for the recording of events on the Proviso Central Referencing System CRS visa case working system in 2007 34 1O SDN 7 T Data quality rise Overall the data quality for the total numbers of entry clearance visas is considered to be high These data are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and have not in recent years had to be revised at all when the annual data are subsequently checked 12 months later and the provisional status of the data is altered to final do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors and undergo a reconciliation process The main types of errors and other potential quality issues are thought to relate to recording and classification issues The level of missing data on related fields such as nationa
179. r forms of protection has been refused and who has exhausted their appeal rights Family formation and reunion is a summary category used in descriptions of settlement statistics reflecting people granted settlement on grounds of their relationship to another person already settled or a British citizen It includes husbands wives children parents grandparents and other and unspecified dependants Family Life 10 year route Partners and parents who apply in the UK and are granted leave to remain on a 10 year route to settlement on the basis of their family life where the relevant provisions in Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules including EX 1 apply First tier Tribunal Judges hear and decide appeals against decisions made by the Home Secretary on immigration and asylum matters in the First tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber A foreign national offender FNO previously referred to as a foreign national prisoner is someone who e is not a British citizen and e is has been remanded in custody and convicted and given a custodial sentence in the UK for any offence An FNO can be convicted and have served their sentence while on remand so would not necessarily have been sent to prison In 2001 asylum seekers granted asylum were granted refugee status and Indefinite Leave to Remain In July 2005 however this policy changed so that asylum seekers granted asylum are granted refugee status and five years limited lea
180. r of an Immigration Removal Centre including the safety of staff and other detainees which cannot be managed within the regime applied in Immigration Removal Centres Background on the statistics Immigration legislation provides powers of detention Every person detained including special cases is issued with an IS91 Authority to Detain form Detention may be used whilst identity and basis of claim are established where there is a risk of absconding as part of fast track asylum procedures in the case of straightforward asylum claims that can be decided quickly and in support of the removal of failed asylum seekers and others who have no legal right to be in the UK Special cases include sensitive cases spouses of British Citizens or EEA nationals unaccompanied young persons under 18 unaccompanied children who are to be returned to an EU Member State an FNO under the age of 18 who has completed a custodial sentence families with minor children and detention in police cells for longer than two nights An individual may be held and remain in immigration detention for a variety of reasons including reasons within and outside the control of the Home Office Those outside the control of the Home Office may include but are not exclusively individual compliance with immigration procedures including providing appropriate paperwork and barriers to removal relating to the individual s personal 74 circumstances or circumstances related to th
181. re the sex of the applicant was not recorded 1 case in 2012 was classified based on the applicant s title Compilation method Each quarter generally during the first week after the end of the reference period an extract of in country settlement data is taken from the Case Information Database CID by Migration Statistics This extract is filtered using established tested computer code which for example ensures there are no duplicates within the data to produce the data due to be published Data on persons admitted to the UK with an indefinite leave to enter visa are extracted from the Landing Card System LCS database In 2014 settlement grants of this type made up only 2 of total grants Quality and process checks carried out The data are checked for completeness and any data issues investigated A cross check of tables to ensure consistent totals is undertaken as part of the production process Data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with Home Office operational and policy teams After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published
182. reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict HP is normally granted for a period of five years after which 9 the person can apply for indefinite leave to remain A person who is granted HP is Iris allowed to work and has access to public funds Immigration Enforcement Arrest Trained Immigration Officers Immigration Officers undertake a range of activities which support the detection apprehension and removal of immigration offenders This includes tracking down illegal migrants and targeting companies that flout the rules by employing workers illegally Specific duties include carrying out enforcement operations including driving official vehicles transporting of offenders searching property or persons collecting preserving and recording evidence Indefinite leave to remain is a grant of settlement after entry to a non EEA national Initial decision is a decision by the Home Office on an application regarding immigration control subject to right of appeal The International Passenger Survey IPS is a survey of a random sample of passengers entering and leaving the UK by air sea or the Channel Tunnel Between 700 000 and 800 000 people are interviewed on the IPS each year Of those interviewed approximately 4 000 5 000 people each year are identified as long term international migrants Jobseeker s Allowance income based is the main benefit for people between 18 and state pe
183. right of appeal which can only be submitted out of country termed as the Non Suspensive Appeals process Claims from nationals of all other States may be considered for certification on a case by case basis In a notified voluntary departure it has been established that a person has breached UK immigration laws and or has no valid leave to remain in the UK Removal directions may or may not have been set to administratively remove or deport the person from the country however the person has notified the Home Office that they wish to make their own arrangements to leave the country and has provided evidence to this effect The Home Office will have been required to facilitate monitor the departure as necessary Official Statistics are defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 as all those statistical outputs produced by central Government departments and agencies by the Office for National Statistics by the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales or by other Crown bodies Official statistics include several categories of statistics produced by public bodies National Statistics these are certified as compliant with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics statistics produced by the GSS that are not National Statistics statistics produced by Crown Bodies but not under the professional management of the GSS statistics produced by non Crown Bodies included in secondary legisla
184. ro method is used see below Percentages are rounded to the nearest per cent using the round half away from zero method The round half away from zero method has been used so that in the borderline case where the fraction of the percentage is exactly 0 5 the rounded figure is equal to y 0 5 if y is positive and y 0 5 if y is negative For example 23 5 per cent is rounded to 24 per cent and 23 5 per cent is rounded to 24 per cent When rounding whole numbers the result is similar for example when rounding to the nearest 100 1 250 would be reported as 1 300 Where data are rounded they may not sum to the totals shown or in the case of percentages to 100 per cent because they have been rounded independently Use of symbols The following symbols have been used in the tables Not available Zz Not applicable D Number is too small to be shown used in tables where figures have been rounded 16 Using the data filtering of tables Gist Several of the tables accompanying the Immigration Statistics releases include filters buttons in the cells at the top of columns to allow users to select which part of the data they wish to view Many tables especially those with the column heading Country of nationality will be already filtered when the file is first downloaded To use the filters click on the button and select the item you want to see from the list presented The icon within the button changes colour and or sha
185. roduced to restrict Croatian nationals access to the UK labour market APPLICATIONS FROM BULGARIAN ROMANIAN AND CROATIAN NATIONALS Data source Data are extracted from Home Office administrative databases after caseworkers have entered information relating to the applications and decisions Data relating to Accession Worker Cards and Registration Certificates are derived from a subset of records on the Case Information Database CID Figures of Sector Based Scheme applications granted are taken from information recorded in the globe database originally used for the administration of work permits before the implementation of the Points Based System while Seasonal Agricultural Workers information is taken from a dedicated database used to administer the scheme by the Home Office 87 Background on the statistics On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria and Romania the EU2 countries joined the European Union Access to the UK labour market was opened gradually to workers from the EU2 countries The transitional arrangements enforced by the Accession Immigration and Worker Authorisation Regulations 2006 require EU2 nationals to apply for an accession worker card to gain authorisation to work in the UK or a registration certificate if a student and working whilst they study or highly skilled person unless they are exempt from those requirements Access for skilled workers at NVQ level 3 and above is managed through the work permit arrangements Acc
186. rogramme for Government made a commitment to end the detention of children i e persons aged under 18 for immigration purposes A Home Office review began in June 2010 to consider how this could be done in a way which protects the welfare of children while ensuring the return of families who have no right to be in the UK For the purpose of the review Home Office defined detention as the holding of children with families in immigration removal centres such as Yarl s Wood As a result of this review in December 2010 the Government published details of its new approach to returning families without permission to be in the UK The new process for managing the removal of families with no right to be in the UK The Family Returns Process began on 1 March 2011 The final stage of the process includes the possibility of requiring families to stay in pre departure accommodation as a last resort if they fail to co operate with other options to leave the UK such as the offer of assisted voluntary return Families can only be referred to pre departure accommodation after advice has been sought from the Independent Family Returns Panel an independent body of child welfare experts The pre departure accommodation located near Gatwick Airport in West Sussex Cedars opened in August 2011 It provides freedom of movement within a secure perimeter for up to nine families at a time who are accommodated in self contained apartments The 2010 Home Offic
187. rth Yemen Middle East Middle East 114 Zambia Africa Africa Sub Saharan Zimbabwe Africa Africa Sub Saharan 115
188. s https www gov uk government publications national insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the uk Strengths limitations and data quality Below are some general strengths and limitations of the Immigration Statistics release Strengths of the data provided in the Immigration Statistics release 23 e Very detailed information based on administrative sources providing exact V counts by detailed nationality e Very timely published within two months of the reference period e g data for calendar year 2012 published before the end of February 2013 e Low revision levels Details of the extent of revisions following annual totals published in February 2012 are given in the Revisions Analysis section of the User Guide in Conventions used in Immigration Statistics e Possible to see how changes to the UK s immigration control system have direct impacts on the numbers which are used to directly monitor that system Limitations of the data provided in the Immigration Statistics release e Home Office data are not as suitable as ONS data for understanding overall trends in all UK immigration emigration and net migration e Home Office generally relates to those subject to immigration control rather than all immigration including by UK and other EU nationals therefore for analysis of total immigration ONS data are more appropriate http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration e Home
189. s skilled to National Qualifications Framework level 4 or above is there a shortage of labour that it would be sensible to fill using labour from outside the European Economic Area EEA The MAC published a report 12 September 2011 on Skilled shortage sensible full review of the recommended shortage occupation lists for the UK and Scotland recommending changes to the shortage occupation list under Tier 2 of the points based system The MAC s report can be found at https www gov uk government publications recommended shortage occupation lists for the uk and scotland full review sep 201 1 The Migration Advisory Committee MAC also published a report Analysis of the points based system Settlement rights of migrants in Tier 1 and Tier 2 on 4 November 2011 advising the government on how to determine which skilled migrant workers can settle in the UK The MAC was commissioned by the government in June 2011 to identify the most suitable economic criteria for determining which Tier 2 migrant workers could settle permanently in the UK and what the economic effects of restricting or removing Tier 1 or Tier 2 settlement rights would be The report is available from https www gov uk government publications settlement rights of migrants tier 1 and 2 Accession countries The independent Migration Advisory Committee MAC was asked in May 2011 to consider whether the UK labour market was experiencing or threatened by a serious disturbance a
190. s there may occasionally be a need to amend publications to correct errors these may occur if for example data supplied to us are subsequently found to be incorrect Significant errors in published statistics will be corrected as soon as possible i e by amending electronic versions of the release and including a prominent alert on our website to notify users of the change and we will correct errors discovered in statistical reports and alert stakeholders promptly in line with the Code of Practice Principle 2 Practice 7 We will use appropriate methods to communicate with users An error is considered to be significant if the resultant change would qualify or contradict the conclusions that would previously have been drawn from the data If the error is minor or textual or insignificant in the sense that any correction would be reasonably deemed inconsequential we will not issue a correction immediately but will do so when a new release is due for publication If we discover an error which is insubstantial but which in our professional judgement warrants immediate correction we will amend electronic copies of the published release and ensure that the revision is clearly identified in the amended publication In order to make clear our revisions rather than marking revised data in tables directly our approach is to highlight revisions in the About this release page the Notes worksheet topic briefing text and in the User Guide
191. s Island Oceania Oceania Cocos Keeling Islands Oceania Oceania Colombia Americas America Central and South Comoros Africa Africa Sub Saharan Congo Africa Africa Sub Saharan Congo Democratic Republic Africa Africa Sub Saharan Cook Islands Oceania Oceania Costa Rica Americas America Central and South Croatia Europe EU Other Cuba Americas America Central and South Curacao Americas America Central and South Cyprus Europe EU Other Cyprus Northern part of Europe Europe Other Czech Republic Europe EU 8 Denmark Europe EU 14 Djibouti Africa Africa Sub Saharan Dominica Americas America Central and South Dominican Republic Americas America Central and South East Timor Asia Asia South East Ecuador Americas America Central and South Egypt Africa Africa North El Salvador Americas America Central and South Equatorial Guinea Africa Africa Sub Saharan Eritrea Africa Africa Sub Saharan Estonia Europe EU 8 Ethiopia Africa Africa Sub Saharan Falkland Islands British Americas Other Faroe Islands Europe Europe Other Fiji Oceania Oceania Finland Europe EU 14 Former Yugoslavia Europe Europe Other France Europe EU 14 French Guiana Americas America Central and South French Polynesia Oceania Oceania Gabon Africa Africa Sub Saharan Gambia The Africa Africa Sub Saharan Georgia Europe Europe Other Germany Europe EU 14 Ghana Africa Africa Sub Saharan Gibraltar British Europe Other Greece Europe EU 14 Greenland Europe Europe Other
192. s at the First tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber The Home Office database records are updated from record level data provided by the HM Courts and Tribunals Service HMCTS This provides consistent data across all datasets relating to asylum published in Immigration Statistics but is different from the HMCTS published statistics which provide counts of principal appellants sourced from the HMCTS database There tend to be higher numbers of principal appellants than main asylum applicant appeals as e HMCTS has a wider definition of asylum appeals including some human rights cases and appeals on extensions of asylum humanitarian protection and discretionary leave and e principal appellants include some individuals classed as dependants by the Home Office The Ministry of Justice publishes data on immigration and asylum appeals at First tier Tribunal and subsequent stages These data are available from https www gov uk government organisations ministry of justice series tribunals statistics Eurostat data Under European legislation the UK is required to comply with parts of Article 4 Asylum Statistics of regulation EC No 862 2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on migration and international protection http eur lex europa eu LexUriServ LexUriServ do uri OuJ L 2007 199 0023 0029 EN PDF 72 This regulation aims to achieve greater comparability in migration and asylum statistics
193. s to be recorded as a British citizen in CID hence a small number of records under 0 5 of the data in the original CID extract are found to have a recorded nationality of British Citizen rather than the applicant s original nationality A data cleansing exercise is undertaken annually by staff in Migration Statistics to recode the recorded nationalities in these cases within the statistical dataset by referring to the audit logs for the nationality field in CID Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics reconcile the summary figures for applications along with grants and refusals of citizenship with teams within the Home Office by comparing the figures with similar data compiled for operational management purposes Where these figures differ by more than 1 or 296 the discrepancy is investigated Differences of less than 1 or 2 may occur due to differences in definition employed in the generation of the Home Office operational management information or due to slight differences in the date on which data were extracted from CID After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trends seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere
194. scheme covers time expired prisoners and those who wish to benefit from the early removal scheme or to serve the remainder of their custodial sentence in a prison in their home country Assisted Voluntary Return AVR refers to a range of programmes that are available to individuals who are in the asylum system or who are irregular migrants and who wish to return home permanently to either their non EEA country of origin or to a third country where they are permanently admissible The Home Office has been funding AVR programmes since 1999 They are delivered by Choices a subsidiary of the independent charity Refugee Action prior to April 2011 by the International Organization for Migration From 1 April 2014 the AVR programme is not available to people held in detention There are three main programmes available e The Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme VARRP assists asylum seekers at any stage of the process or failed asylum seekers This also includes those who have been granted time limited exceptional leave to remain or discretionary leave e The Assisted Voluntary Return for Irregular Migrants AVRIM programme assists irregular migrants This includes victims of trafficking or smuggling illegal entrants and those who have overstayed on their visa 82 e Assisted Voluntary Return for Families and Children AVRFC is for families comprising a maximum of two adult parents or legal guardians and at least one child un
195. seas territory such as Gibraltar St Helena etc known as British dependent territories citizens before February 2002 Hong Kong British dependent territories citizens lost that citizenship automatically on 1 July 1997 but may still hold another form of British nationality However from 21 May 2002 BOTCs became British citizens Citizenship is the term used in the International Passenger Survey IPS to define the country for which a migrant is a passport holder This refers specifically to the passport being used to enter leave the UK at the time of interview It does not refer to any other passport s which migrants with multiple citizenships may hold More generally a British citizen as described in IPS statistics includes those with UK nationality usually through a connection with the UK birth adoption descent registration or naturalisation British nationals have the right of abode in the UK A Certificate of Sponsorship is required for skilled workers Tier 2 and youth mobility and temporary workers Tier 5 It is required as part of the application process for entry clearance and leave to remain The Common Travel Area consists of the UK the Channel Islands the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland Confidence Interval This is the range within which the true value of a population parameter lies with known probability For example the 95 confidence interval represents the range in which there are 19 chances out of 20 that
196. ses Multiple removals of the same person within a year are counted as multiple departures Figures are published on enforced removals refused entry at port and subsequently removed and voluntary departures from the UK as National Statistics broken down by e Type of applicant split by main asylum cases dependants of main asylum cases and non asylum cases Tables rv 01 and rv 01 q e Type of departure split by enforced removals non asylum cases refused entry at port and subsequently removed Assisted Voluntary Returns notified voluntary departures and other confirmed voluntary departures Tables rv 01 rv 03 and rv 06 Country of nationality Tables rv 03 rv 05 Country of destination Tables rv 06 and rv 06 q Age and sex Tables rv 02 and rv 04 Removals of foreign national offenders Table rv 07 q and Harm assessment of enforced removals and voluntary departures Table rv 08 and rv 08 q Data source The statistics on departures are extracted from the Home Office s Case Information Database CID The data are derived from administrative information used for the processing of cases which are subject to removal action Background on statistics Individuals seeking to enter the UK must satisfy a Border Force Officer that they meet the relevant criteria for entry as defined under the Immigration Rules drafted in accordance with the Immigration Act 1971 as amended In order to comply with this requirement p
197. sorship and Visas volumes As a brief guide e Sponsorship contains tables cs 01 q to cs 14 q e Volume 1 of Visas contains tables vi 01 q to vi 05 q e Volume 2 of Visas contains tables vi 06 q and vi 06 q w e Volume 3 of Visas contains tables vi 06 q s to vi 06 q o CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP CoS AND CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE FOR STUDIES CAS Within the topic briefs for work and study the use of CoS and CAS are referred to as sponsored visa applications Data source The statistics on CoS and CAS used are extracted from the Home Office s Sponsorship Management system SMS The data derived from SMS are administrative information used by sponsors to allocate certificates Background on the statistics Certificate of Sponsorship CoS for skilled individuals Tier 2 and youth mobility and tempora workers Tier 5 As part of the application process for visas and for extensions skilled individuals must obtain a certificate of sponsorship from a registered employer Any organisation that wishes to sponsor a worker must be registered on the Home Office s Register of Sponsors For the CoS process the following steps occur after an employer sponsor has been accepted onto the Tier 2 5 organisations register 1 A sponsor is able to apply to the Home Office for an annual allocation of CoS 2 The Home Office then allocates a number of CoS to the sponsor 29 SE 3 The sponsor then assigns a CoS to an ind
198. substantiated cases leaving the UK without prior authorisation prior to the conclusion of the asylum claim or failing to complete an asylum questionnaire as requested An appeal can be withdrawn by either the appellant or the Home Office Worker authorisation registration certificates are documents issued to Croatian nationals conferring permission to work where they are subject to the requirement to obtain such permission before commencing employment in the UK and to highly skilled individuals who are exempt from this requirement to confirm their right to work Worker Registration Scheme WRS Under this scheme which ended on 30 April 2011 EU8 nationals who took up employment in the UK were required to apply to register that employment under the WRS within one month of commencing work The requirement to register employment no longer applied if the individual completed 12 months continuous registered employment in the UK The requirement to register did not apply to work in a self employed capacity Work permit holder is a migrant who is granted leave for work permit employment paragraphs 128 to 133 of the Immigration Rules 15 3 Conventions used in Immigration Statistics Rounding Data are mainly provided unrounded in the data tables of the Immigration Statistics release This is to promote transparency and allow users to exploit the data further However caution should be taken when comparing small differences between time
199. t find their own accommodation or accommodation and subsistence where they are allocated accommodation in a dispersal area and cash to support themselves Individuals are generally eligible for support under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 if their asylum application has been finally determined as refused but they are destitute and there are reasons that temporarily prevent them from leaving the UK These reasons are that 64 e the applicant is in the process of taking reasonable steps to leave the UK or place themselves in a position in which they can leave the UK or e the applicant is unable to leave the UK because of a physical impediment to travel or some other medical reason or e the applicant is unable to leave the UK because there is no current viable route of return to the country of origin or e permission has been obtained to proceed with a judicial review against a decision relating to the person s asylum claim or e the provision of support is otherwise necessary to avoid a breach of a person s human rights Support under Section 4 is provided in the form of accommodation and vouchers to cover the cost of food and other basic essential items The provision of initial accommodation is a temporary arrangement for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute and who are e supported under Section 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and are awaiting a decision from the Secretary of State on wheth
200. t records of foreign nationals with no valid leave in the UK to establish whether the person has left the UK without informing the immigration authorities Deportations are a specific subset of departures which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good the deportation order prohibits the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked Most illegal immigrants are removed under administrative or illegal entry powers from the UK and not deported Published information on those deported from the UK is not separately available EU nationals removed or departing voluntarily For EU nationals there are two distinct types of removal under the EU law framework administrative removal which specifically applies for those EU nationals not exercising or abusing Treaty rights and deportation on public policy grounds Both types of removals are included in the published data under Enforced removal category Harm Matrix The harm matrix is a tool to assess the level of harm associated with a particular individual In order to provide clarity consistency and measurement levels of harm have been divided into four broad categories A B C and D with A being the highest harm e Category A highest harm has committed offences including serious criminal offences such as terrorist activity murder rape people and drug trafficking viole
201. t visa requirements for entering and staying in the UK e European Economic Area EEA and Swiss nationals do not require a visa to come to the UK e for over 100 other nationalities covering three quarters of the world population a visa is required for entry to the UK for any purpose or for any length of stay i e visa nationals and e for all remaining nationalities i e non visa nationals a visa is required for those wanting to come to the UK for over six months or for most types of work Before travelling to the UK visa nationals are required to obtain entry clearance from a British diplomatic post visa issuing section abroad Since October 2000 under the Immigration Leave to Enter and Remain Order 2000 entry clearance serves a dual purpose It allows the visa holder to travel to and also enter the UK from the grant date and is activated on passing through UK immigration control Entry clearance visa statistics cover a range of permitted lengths of stay including those for less than a year Visas granted for study and some work related visas together with other visa types such as EEA family permits and some dependants wishing to join or accompany other immigrants allow temporary entry clearance and require the individual to renew the visa before it expires should they wish to stay longer Some work and family visas allow a person to apply to stay indefinitely after a certain period A number of other entry clearance
202. tatistics quarterly release The dates of future editions of Immigration Statistics are pre announced and can be found via the UK National Statistics Publication Hub http www statistics gov uk hub index html Information on how the Home Office complies with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics is available at https www gov uk government organisations home office about statistics official statistics The Immigration Statistics release is a National Statistics output produced to the highest professional standards and free from political interference It has been produced by statisticians working in the Home Office Science Unit in accordance with the Home Office s Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics which covers our policy on revisions and other matters The Chief Statistician as Head of Profession reports to the National Statistician with respect to all professional statistical matters and oversees all Home Office National Statistics products with respect to the Code being responsible for their timing content and methodology The Home Office Responsible Statistician is Chris Kershaw Feedback and enquiries We welcome feedback on Immigration Statistics which can be provided by email or in writing or via the Migration Statistics User Forum https www jiscmail ac uk cgi bin wa exe SUBED1 MIGRATION STATS A short survey on the immigration Statistics release is also included
203. tem of immigration control is based on the Immigration Act 1971 which came into force on 1 January 1973 and subsequent amendments to the law Policy and operational changes as well as overall factors which influence the levels of immigration such as the economic climate can affect the figures The availability and allocation of resources within the Home Office can affect the number of decisions made Further information on the work of the Home Office can be found in its annual report and in publications referred to in the Other sources of information on immigration and migration section of this User Guide The Immigration Statistics release does not give details on the numbers leaving the UK as the Home Office does not count everyone out of the country or on the numbers of foreign nationals living in the UK Alongside the information provided by the Home Office concerning immigration control official figures on international migration immigration emigration and net migration and on the number of foreign born nationals in the UK are published by the Office for National Statistics ONS Further information on related data is available in the Other sources of information on immigration and migration section of this User Guide Where are the latest published statistics The latest Immigration Statistics release including data tables and commentary can be found at https www gov uk government organisations home office series immigration s
204. the Family Returns Unit A cross check of tables to ensure consistent totals is undertaken as part of the production process Data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with immigration operational teams After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second member of the Migration Statistics team against the raw data The prepared text is also checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased Related statistics published elsewhere e All removals from the UK see the Removals and voluntary departures topic e Asylum cases in the detained fast track process see the Asylum topic e Following a request in the House of Lords for more detailed statistics on children since October 2010 a monthly series of children entering detention broken down by place of initial detention and age has been published as Official Statistics These are available from https www gov uk government statistical data sets children entering detention under immigration act powers e Data on the Family returns process are published as Official Statistics and are available from https www gov uk government collections migration transparency data and e Short statistical article on Foreign National Offenders in detention and leaving detention
205. the Immigration Statistics release The statistics in the Immigration Statistics release generally relate to people who do not have an automatic right to enter or live in the UK and who come into contact with the Home Office during a particular time period There are therefore fewer data available on 26 Y o X P SN ppt aA British citizens Wrst those Commonwealth citizens who have the right of abode citizens of the Republic of Ireland and other parts of the Common Travel Area and nationals of the European Economic Area and Swiss nationals see below Together with passengers in direct transit people in the categories listed above account for almost 90 of the total passenger arrivals from outside the Common Travel Area UK the Channel Islands the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland However some data on nationals of the Republic of Ireland other parts of the Common Travel Area Commonwealth European Economic Area and Swiss nationals are included in Entry clearance visas where applications have been made Total passenger arrivals Grants of settlement where applicable and available Grants of British citizenship Asylum where applications have been made Detention Removals and voluntary departures Bulgarian Romanian and Croatian nationals who require work authorisation documentation or are exercising a Treaty right and e Issue and refusal of residence documentation to EEA nationals and their fa
206. the country applied for a visa prior to the second quarter of 2011 Please refer to the Visas and Sponsorship section of this User Guide for further information including a comparison of entry clearance visas data with admissions data and IPS estimates of immigration ADMISSIONS Please refer to the Admissions section of this User Guide for further information including a comparison between admissions data and IPS estimates of immigration EXTENSIONS OF STAY Please refer to the Extensions section of this User Guide for further information 102 GRANTS OF SETTLEMENT Please refer to the Settlement section of this User Guide for further information IPS ESTIMATES OF DEPENDANTS JOINING ACCOMPANYING OTHERS These data are provided by the Office for National Statistics ONS and further information can be obtained from http www ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration In addition information about the comparison of inflow of long term migrants with entry clearance visas and admissions can be found in the Visas and Sponsorship and Admissions sections of this User Guide respectively Data quality The data are mainly based on the International Passenger Survey and therefore subject to sampling error Information on the sampling errors for ONS s international migration statistics can be found at http www ons gov uk ons guide method method quality specific population and migration international migration methodology lo
207. the points based system Students Tier 5 of the points based system Youth mobility and temporary workers people allowed to work in the UK for a limited period of time to satisfy primarily non economic objectives UK ancestry is a possible route of entry to work and or settle in the UK for Commonwealth citizens without right of abode if they can show that they have a grandparent who was born in the UK For these purposes Commonwealth Countries are defined in Schedule 3 British Nationality Act 1981 UK Visas and Immigration UKVI is a part of the Home Office and is responsible for providing decisions regarding entry for people travelling to the UK with emphasis on customer satisfaction for business people and tourists alike An Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child UASC is defined in the Immigration Rules as a person who e isunder 18 years of age when the asylum application is submitted e is applying for asylum in their own right and e is separated from both parents and is not being cared for by an adult who in law or by custom has responsibility to do so A child may move between the unaccompanied and accompanied categories while their applications are under consideration e g where a child arrives alone but is later united with other family members in the UK or a child arrives with their parents or close relatives but is later abandoned or a trafficked child or one brought in on false papers with an adult claiming to be a relative
208. the reference period Migration Statistics issue a request to Home Office staff responsible for the administration of the schemes relating to EU2 and Croatian workers in the UK for updated figures supplying template tables and instructions for their completion Home Office staff use reports tested and validated for accuracy to extract the data from the administrative database and place it in the template which is then returned to Migration Statistics The figures for SAWs approved in Table ee 01 do not exactly match quotas for each calendar year This is due in part to lags between the issue of cards by the Home Office to scheme operators sometimes up to three months in advance of the quota year in order to facilitate their recruitment process and the actual issue of cards SAWs approved may also include replacement cards not 89 included in the quota figure SAWs quotas for 2007 and 2008 were 16 250 and for 2009 to 2013 were 21 250 Quality and process checks carried out Before the refreshed template is returned to Migration Statistics the data it contains are checked by at least one other member of the Home Office team to ensure local compilation of data has been carried out correctly On receipt of the refreshed template Migration Statistics review the figures supplied by the Home Office comparing them with data supplied previously and query any changes of more than 1 in those figures published previously Where error or omissions in the d
209. the true figure would fall had all migrants been surveyed The uppermost and lowermost values of the confidence interval are termed confidence limits A Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies is required for students Tier 4 It is required as part of the application process for entry clearance and leave to remain Commonwealth Fifty three countries are members of The Commonwealth More information is available from http thecommonwealth org member countries Derivative Residence Card A document issued to third country nationals who derive a right of residence in the UK from EU law rather than the Free Movement Directive The Derivative residence card is issued with a validity of 5 years Applicants are not obliged to obtain such a document but it does confirm their residence in the UK Discretionary leave DL may be considered for an individual who is not accepted as being in need of international protection i e asylum or Humanitarian Protection HP but who is able to demonstrate particularly compelling reasons why removal would not be appropriate Until 9 July 2012 Discretionary 7 Leave was usually granted for a period of 3 years From 9 July 2012 the period of leave rise granted has been determined by a consideration of the individual facts of the case but would not normally be for more than 30 months two and a half years at a time Further leave may be granted subject to a review of the individual s circumstances A s
210. those with well founded claims to maximise deterrents against unfounded applications and to ensure that a higher percentage of asylum seekers whose claims fail are quickly removed from the UK Changes in non detained cases included the use of managed accommodation requirements to report regularly the serving of appeal outcomes in person and linking an applicant s access to support to their compliance with the process The Home Affairs Select Committee was informed in December 2006 that the programme of work on the older unresolved legacy asylum cases had begun A Case Resolution Directorate was formed to carry through this work The review of legacy asylum cases was completed in March 2011 In July 2006 the Home Secretary announced to Parliament that the backlog of cases involving unsuccessful asylum applicants who were still living in the UK would be resolved on a case by case basis within the next five years in accordance with the legal framework and with the following priorities e those who may pose a risk to the public e those who can be removed more easily e those receiving support and 68 e those who may be allowed to stay in the UK Data quality All asylum data relating to the UK e are administrative counts of casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative databases e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between i
211. tically on 1 July 1997 but may still hold another form of British nationality see below However from 21 May 2002 BOTCs became British citizens British overseas citizens BOCs are a smaller group connected with the former British colonies who for the most part did not acquire citizenship of the new country when it attained independence Hong Kong BDTCs became BOCs on 1 July 1997 if they would otherwise have been stateless British nationals overseas BN O s are a separate sub group of former Hong Kong BDTCs The vast majority of British Nationals Overseas are ethnically Chinese who became Chinese on 1 July 1997 Although their BDTC status was lost on that date they are as BN OJs entitled to hold a British passport British subjects BSs are a reducing group of people who normally hold that status either a by virtue of their birth in Eire now the Irish Republic before 1 January 1949 b because they were BSs before 1 January 1949 through a connection with a place which became a Commonwealth country on that date and although they were potentially citizens of that country did not acquire citizenship of that or any other country before 1 January 1983 Known as British subjects without citizenship before 1983 they would lose that status if they acquired another nationality British protected persons BPPs are a small group of people who hold that status through a connection normally birth with a place which was either a UK pr
212. tion In the Immigration Statistics release any data described as Official Statistics are drawn from the Home Office s administrative systems and have not necessarily been subject to the same detailed verification processes as those badged as National Statistics NS For example such figures may include a data produced internally for operational management purposes in the first instance rather than produced solely for the published statistics b data added to the Home Office s migration statistics publications after these were last designated as National Statistics and prior to re designation as NS by the UK Statistics Authority Under the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 framework the designation of new statistics as National Statistics is undertaken by the UK Statistics Authority Hence b are therefore described as Official Statistics rather than National Statistics The UK Statistics Authority has designated the statistics within Immigration Statistics as National Statistics in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics In previous versions of this User Guide Official Statistics have also been referred to as management information Other confirmed voluntary departures persons who it has been established have left or have been identified leaving the UK without formally informing the immigration authorities of their
213. tion Statistics to collate the data for publication 39 Total Passenger Arrivals from outside the Common Travel Area All passengers are subject to immigration control at UK Ports of entry Total arrival data received monthly from UK Border control points i Supplemented by and checked against data received from CAA Department of Transport and other Operators i e Eurotunnel British and other EEA nationals Non EEA nationals Y Total journeys made by EEA including British nationals in 2014 Total journeys made by non EEA nationals in 2014 102 4 million 14 6 million Enter through the EEA channel where passports are checked but no data extracted Complete a landing card and enter through the non EEA channel where Border Force Officers grant or endorse permission to enter depending on whether pre entry clearance visa has been obtained ONS researchers interview a random sample of all passengers arriving for the International Passenger Survey EEA nationals British nationals Non EEA nationals Total arrival statistics Total arrival statistics calculated by subtracting the total Total arrivals plus subsets by nationality and reason for extracted from quarterly IPS number of EEA nationals and non EEA nationals from the entry available from the Landing Card S
214. tion about numbers of sponsors and their status has been produced by Migration Statistics based on copies of the published Register of Sponsors CoS used and CAS used statistics are produced by the Sponsorship Analysis Team within the Home Office The Migration Statistics team within the Home Office who do not have access to the source live database prepare the tables for publication 31 S Quality and process checks carried out The Migration Statistics team at the Home Office undertake cross checking of tables to ensure consistent totals as part of the production process For example CoS used totals can be compared against data relating to visas and to extensions for Tiers 2 and 5 Data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with the Home Office operational and policy teams The prepared text is checked against the publication ready tables Statisticians are responsible for checking that the commentary appropriately describes the trend seen in the data and is not biased ENTRY CLEARANCE VISAS Data source The statistics on entry clearance visas are sourced from the Home Office Proviso Central Referencing System CRS visa casework system maintained by the Home Office International Group and processed by posts The information is gathered for the purpose of processing entry clearance visa applications Background on the statistics Different nationalities have differen
215. tlement to registration for British overseas citizens British subjects British protected persons and British nationals overseas who have no other citizenship or nationality e s 4C entitlement to registration for certain people born after 7 February 1961 and before 1 January 1983 to mothers who were citizens of the UK and Colonies at the time of their birth e s 4 2 entitlement to registration of a British overseas territories citizen a British overseas citizen a British national overseas a British subject or a British protected person resident in the UK e Schedule 2 entitlement to registration of a stateless person Entitlement to registration under section 5 e s 5 entitlement to registration of a British overseas territories citizen from Gibraltar Discretionary registration as an adult e s 10 2 discretionary registration of a person connected with the UK who renounced citizenship of the UK and Colonies before 1983 e s 13 3 discretionary registration of a person who has previously renounced British citizenship 55 e s 8 2 and 8 3 transitional discretionary registration of a woman married before 1983 to a man who either a became or would have become a British citizen but for his death and they were no longer married or renounced citizenship and they were still married Discretionary registration as a child e s 3 1 discretionary registration of a minor as a British citizen Discretionary registratio
216. to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Data quality Overall the data quality for the total numbers of those granted settlement is considered to be high These data 50 410 N wu 4 e are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative databases e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office e are regularly assessed as part of the Home Office s Quality Assurance Framework e have not in recent years had to be altered significantly between initial provisional totals released in February each year and subsequent revised totals released in the following August and e do not require sampling processes for the compilation of the figures and hence have no associated sampling errors The main types of errors are thought to relate to recording and classification errors The level of missing data on related fields such as sex category and nationality is low with such missing data reported as unknown and therefore no statistical grossing imputation or other estimation methods are used For a very small proportion of the data less than 0 5 further information is used for validation and classification purposes further reducing missing data e g whe
217. ty of entry clearance visas with passenger arrivals data extensions and inflow of long term migrants ADMISSIONS Short term students which was closed as a route in September 2007 are counted within the student classification for the purpose of the admissions data Please refer to the Admissions section of this User Guide for further information including a comparison between admissions data and IPS estimates of immigration EXTENSIONS OF STAY Please refer to the Extensions section of this User Guide for further information IPS ESTIMATES OF IMMIGRATION FOR STUDY These data are provided by the Office for National Statistics ONS and further information can be obtained from http Awww ons gov uk ons taxonomy index html nscl Migration In addition information about the comparison of inflow of long term migrants with entry clearance visas and admissions can be found in the Visas and Sponsorship and Admissions sections of this User Guide respectively Data from ONS on long term international migration provide a better indication of long term trends of immigration than visa grants and passenger arrivals data due to changes in immigration legislation and lack of information on the intentions of those not subject to immigration control in particular trends of student immigration are better tracked due to the introduction of the student visitor category on 1 September 2007 However ONS records those coming to the UK who stat
218. uced On a weekly basis the daily lists were added together and then to the information from the previous week to produce a snapshot of ASYS for Migration Statistics For data from 2013 each week a snapshot of the Asylum Support System ASYS is taken During the second week after the end of the reference period an extract of support data are taken from the appropriate snapshot by Migration Statistics In both cases the snapshot is filtered using established tested computer code which for example adds Region Local Authority Parliamentary Constituency and Ward to each record using the postcode information Data on the resettlement of refugees are provided directly by the Home Office Quality and process checks carried out Migration Statistics reconcile the asylum applications initial decisions withdrawals fresh claims and asylum cases pending data for main applicants with teams within the Home Office by ensuring that the total number of records produced separately by the Home Office is within 2 of the data extracted by Migration Statistics If the total is not within 2 then analysis of the individual records are made Migration Statistics reconcile data on the non suspensive appeals process with a team within the Home Office by comparing a unique identifier from each case in the Migration Statistics extract against record level data provided by the Home Office When an individual is found within only one of the
219. ularly serious crime constitute danger to the community of the UK and e refusing their application would result in them being required to go whether immediately or after the time limited by any existing leave to enter or remain in breach of the Geneva Convention to a country in which their life or freedom would be threatened on account of their race religion nationality political opinion or membership of a particular social group An application which does not meet these criteria will be refused In certain circumstances an applicant may be granted humanitarian protection HP in accordance with paragraph 339C of the Immigration Rules discretionary leave DL for a limited period or a grant of leave to remain LTR under family or private life rules Under the 1951 Geneva Convention and the Immigration Rules there is no obligation to consider an asylum application made overseas An individual seeking international protection would be expected to approach the authorities or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR in the first country of refuge and has no entitlement to travel to the UK in order to submit an asylum claim or further submissions No overseas applications by the individual should be recorded as having been lodged since 1992 The figures for applications only relate to the initial application for asylum They exclude applications to upgrade HP or DL to refugee status and for further extensions of stay Grants
220. urts and Tribunals Service HMCTS formerly Tribunals Service Immigration and Asylum and the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal AIT an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice hears and decides appeals against decisions made by the Home Office It consists of the First tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber and Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber FTTIAC and UTIAC The First tier Tribunal Judge will decide whether the appeal against the decision is successful or not this is known as the decision being allowed or dismissed Before April 2005 there was a two tier system for asylum and immigration appeals Appeals were made initially to Immigration Adjudicators in the Immigration Appellate Authority IAA at the first tier with an onward right to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal IAT If the application to the IAT was refused there was the right to seek a statutory review of that decision by a High Court judge on the 63 papers If the application was allowed by the Tribunal or by a judge following statutory review and the appeal was then given a fresh decision by the IAT parties could appeal to the Court of Appeal on the ground that the IAT made an error of law when reaching its decision The creation of the AIT under the provisions of the Asylum and Immigration Treatment of Claimants etc Act 2004 intended to improve the speed and finality of the appeals and removals system The provisions of the Act aim to ta
221. us period of five years in accordance with EU laws relating to free movement rights They are not obliged to apply for a document certifying permanent residence Employment and Support Allowance is an allowance aimed at helping people with an illness or disability to move into work In an enforced removal it has been established that a person has breached UK immigration laws and or has no valid leave to remain in the UK They have declined to leave voluntarily and the Home Office enforces their departure from the UK Entry clearance takes the form of a sticker also called a vignette which is placed in a person s travel document Entry Clearance can be called a visa for visa nationals an entry certificate for non visa nationals or a family permit for family members of EEA nationals These documents are to be taken as evidence of the holder s eligibility to travel to the UK and accordingly accepted as entry clearances within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 The term visa may be used as a generic term for all types of Entry Clearance but in Immigration Statistics it does not refer to an entry certificate An entry clearance visa is a document permitting the bearer to travel to the UK and leave to enter from the grant date It is activated upon passing through UK immigration control There are three categories of visa temporary leading to settlement and settlement Visas are required by nationals or citizens of the countries an
222. ve to remain The Habitual Residence Test is a test for all individuals including returning British nationals who have recently arrived in the country and who make a claim for income related social security benefits The individual must satisfy the decision making authorities that firstly they have a right to reside and secondly that they are habitually resident in the Common Travel Area and can be treated as such Harm Matrix The harm matrix is a tool to assess the level of harm associated with a particular individual In order to provide clarity consistency and measurement levels of harm have been divided into four broad categories A B C and D with A being the highest harm The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme HSMP began on 28 January 2002 It differed from the work permit system in that it did not require an employer to obtain a permit for the individual Applicants were assessed on a points system based on their qualifications earning ability and experience The programme has now been replaced by PBS Tier 1 The Home Office is responsible for immigration security law and order in the UK Humanitarian Protection HP is leave granted to a person who is not a refugee as defined by the Refugee Convention but who would if removed face in the country of return a real risk to life or person arising from the death penalty unlawful killing torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or serious and individual threat by
223. vernment organisations migration advisory committee e Salt J 2012 International Migration and the United Kingdom Report of the United Kingdom SOPEMI Correspondent to the OECD 95 http www geog ucl ac uk research transnational spaces migration research unit pdfs sopemi report 2012 2013 London Migration Research Unit OECD publish an annual volume analysing international migration and presenting international comparisons entitled International Migration Outlook http www oecd org els mig imo2013 htm The Migrant Journey research reports provide analysis on migrants journeys through the immigration system See Migrant Journey Fourth Report https Awww gov uk government publications migrant journey fourth report For more information see Other sources of information on immigration and migration The UK Border Agency report Points based system Tier 1 an operational assessment November 2010 https www gov uk government publications points based system tier 1 an operational assessment looked into the jobs being done by migrants who were in the UK under Tier 1 of the points based system to inform subsequent decisions about the points based system in particular the closure of the Tier 1 General and Tier 1 Post Study routes 96 15 Study Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published on Entry clearance visas granted for study Sponsored visa applications Confirmation of Acceptance for
224. ving detention Tables dt 05 dt 10 e People in detention as at the last day of each quarter i e on a snapshot basis Tables dt 11 q dt 13 q and e Defendants proceeded against for offences under Immigration Acts 1971 to 2007 in England and Wales Tables pr 01 DETENTION Data source The statistics on detention are extracted from the Home Office s Case Information Database CID The data are derived from administrative information used for the allocating of bed occupancy Those relating to people in detention on a snapshot basis on the last day of each quarter are reconciled with all immigration removal centres short term holding facilities and pre departure accommodation in the Home Office immigration detention estate The information on detainees held in prison establishments in England and Wales solely under Immigration Act Powers has been supplied by the National Offender Management Service an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice These figures have been drawn from weekly manual returns from individual prisons which as with any large scale manual recording system is subject to possible error s with individual data entry and processing At any given time the data may include a small number of individuals who have never served a custodial sentence These individuals are held in prisons as they present specific risk factors that indicate they pose a serious risk of harm to the public or to the good orde
225. x months unless applying under the concession for English language courses 11 months Short term students cannot work including undertaking a paid or unpaid work placement as part of their course Support is the provision of accommodation and or subsistence to those seeking asylum See Section 4 support Section 95 support and Section 98 support Third Country or safe third country is a country of which the applicant is not a national or citizen and in which a person s life or liberty is not threatened by reason of race religion nationality membership of a particular social group or political opinion It is also one from which a person would not be sent to another State in contravention of his rights under the 1951 Convention Most Third Country cases are those which come under the arrangements provided by the Dublin Convention or the Dublin II Regulation the Dublin arrangements Asylum claims may be refused without substantive consideration of the application if the applicant can be returned to a safe third country Tier 1 of the points based system For high value individuals who will contribute to growth and productivity Tier 2 of the points based system For skilled workers from outside the EEA with a skilled job offer to fill gaps in the UK labour force Tier 3 of the points based system For limited numbers of low skilled workers needed to fill specific temporary labour shortages this has never been implemented Tier 4 of
226. xisting permission to enter or stay expires An individual may make more than one application in any given year Information on applications for extensions of stay is not published within the Immigration Statistics releases Using the data Entry clearance visas granted and grants of an extension of stay should not be summed as they are indicators of different aspects of migration Also individuals could be counted twice if the two grants occur within the same year Key terms Key terms for extensions can be found in the glossary of terms Changes in legislation and policy affecting the statistics For information on changes to immigration legislation affecting the statistics see the Policy and Legislative Changes Timeline published alongside the User Guide Other factors affecting the statistics Changing resource priorities within the Home Office as well as policy changes and other factors need to be considered when comparing the number of decisions on extensions of stay Data quality Overall the data quality for the total numbers of those granted an extension of stay is considered to be high These data e are administrative counts of the Home Office s casework processes which are defined in UK legislation and are recorded under detailed categories on the Home Office s administrative database e are scrutinised closely as part of the performance monitoring of the Home Office 47 e are regularly assessed as part of the Ho
227. xisting strengths noting that the figures are readily accessible produced according to sound methods and managed impartially and objectively in the public interest and help inform users such as the government Parliament the media and the wider public about immigration control activities and support the development and monitoring of immigration policy and that Many users commented that they found the new format in which the statistics are presented easier to use Following improvements made in the May 2012 and August 2012 editions the UK Statistics Authority have written to Home Office s Chief Statistician confirming the designation of Immigration Statistics as National Statistics Previous reviews of the statistics which also addressed aspects of data quality are listed below Asylum and migration a review of Home Office Statistics by the National Audit Office May 2004 http Avww nao org uk wp content uploads 2004 05 0304625 pdf Review of Home Office publications of Control of Immigration Statistics August 2006 http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 http rds homeoffice gov uk rds pdfs06 im mig review _06 pdf Other documents with respect to this review are Projection http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 rds homeoffice gov uk Initiation rds pdfs05 immigpid pdf Document Early Findings http webarchive nationalarchives gov uk 20110218135832 rds homeoffice gov uk Paper rds pdfs
228. y an ECM appear within the figures in the published tables but do not proceed to tribunal and do not appear in figures relating to tribunal outcomes 2011 was the first full year when these reviews took place 38 6 Admissions Statistics covered by this topic Figures are published as National Statistics on e Passenger arrivals broken down by purpose of journey for non EEA nationals Tables ad 01 ad 03 and e Passengers initially refused entry split by UK ports and juxtaposed controls and country of nationality Tables ad 04 and ad 04 qQ Data source The total number of passengers entering the UK is derived from monthly returns made by Border Force staff based at 40 border control points ports Data from smaller ports are included in the returns made by these ports Where data are not provided by a port three ports in the current period data are sourced from other organisations i e Civil Aviation Authority Department for Transport and Eurotunnel The total is shown broken down into three broad nationality groupings British nationals Other EEA nationals and Non EEA nationals There is no single source of data that allows for this split Non EEA nationals are sourced from landing cards completed by passengers arriving at UK ports and published in Table ad 02 Other EEA nationals excluding British are sourced from quarterly data from the International Passenger Survey produced by the Of
229. y comparing a unique identifier from each removal in the Migration Statistics extract against record level data provided by the Home Office Where a removal is found in only one of the extracts a number of data quality checks are carried out including that each asylum removal is correctly linked to an asylum case outcome on CID and that the removal categories are consistent with Home Office data The team in the Home Office are also asked to investigate the discrepancies using detailed sources on individual cases A case is only included in the published tables if it appears in both extracts or it appears in one of the extracts and Migration Statistics team is happy that it is correctly recorded as a removal For example if the removal date indicated was before an application date for the same case then further investigation would be undertaken These checks against record level data are not undertaken for the statistics on foreign national offenders and harm assessment However the harm assessment data are matched to the reconciled enforced removals and voluntary departures data to ensure consistency A cross check of tables to ensure consistent totals is undertaken as part of the production process Data are also checked for consistency against previous totals and significant changes investigated with Home Office operational and policy teams After these reconciliation checks the publication ready tables and text are checked by a second mem
230. ystem data total number of passenger arrivals Many of the key terms are covered in the glossary of terms Passengers returning includes both people who are settled in the UK and who have been absent for less than two years and those subject to a limited leave to enter who have returned within the time limit of that leave The initial admissions of such passengers will have been counted in one of the specific categories of Table ad 02 in the relevant time period Refugees exceptional leave cases and their dependants covers people who have applied for asylum at ports and their accompanying dependants and who have been granted asylum humanitarian protection discretionary leave or who have been allowed to stay under the Family Indefinite Leave to Remain ILR Exercise see below and are hence given leave to enter Port asylum applicants are usually given temporary admission initially while their claim is being considered and the grant of leave to enter may therefore occur some time after the initial entry to the country These figures are not directly comparable with those in Table as 01 since they exclude grants to in country asylum applicants and include dependants Others given leave to enter includes people of independent means and their dependants non EEA family members of EEA nationals members of international organisations treated as exempt and serving forces and their dependants 40 AP le Changes to data affecting the stat

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