Table 1 - The number of visa applications for the Standard Visitor visa in 2018 for nationals of the following countries - Ukraine, Albania,
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia and Serbia.
Nationality |
Number of Visa Applications |
ALBANIA |
7 015 |
BELARUS |
8 495 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
2 105 |
KOSOVO |
3 150 |
MACEDONIA |
2 745 |
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF |
1 090 |
MONTENEGRO |
840 |
RUSSIA |
94 085 |
SERBIA |
10 145 |
UKRAINE |
33 665 |
Notes
Visa Application Date is between 01-Jan-2018 and 30-Sep-2018
Visa Endorsement Category is 'Family Visit' or 'Other Visitor'
Visa Endorsement is NOT 'VISIT-MARRIAGE/CP' or 'VISIT-PPE' (since intoduction
of Appx V of Immigration Rules on 24 April 2015 these are excluded)
Nationality is one of 'ALBANIA', 'BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA', 'BELARUS',
'MACEDONIA', 'MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF', 'RUSSIA', 'UKRAINE', 'MONTENEGRO', 'SERBIA'
or ' KOSOVO'.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.
Table 2 - The Visa refusal rate as a percentage of refused applications out of all applications for the Standard Visitor visa resolved in 2018 for nationals of the following countries - Ukraine, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia and Serbia.
Nationality |
Visa Refusal Rate% |
ALBANIA |
37% |
BELARUS |
4% |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
6% |
KOSOVO |
29% |
MACEDONIA |
6% |
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF |
27% |
MONTENEGRO |
5% |
RUSSIA |
1% |
SERBIA |
3% |
UKRAINE |
10% |
The Visa Refusal Rate is calculated as the total number of Refused Applications divided by the total number of Resolved/Outcomed Applications.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 1.
Figures can only be provided up until 30-Sep-2018 in line with Published Migration Statistics.