Some interesting stats just released. Dependant visa issued are down by 21%. This is the full link, with just brief details below.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q3-2012/before-entry-q3-2012

Key facts

Excluding visitor and transit visas, there were 508,488 visas issued in the year ending September 2012, the lowest 12-monthly total recorded using comparable data available from 2005. This was 14% lower than the previous 12 months (593,978).

In the year ending September 2012, work and family-related visas issued fell 4% and 15% respectively (to 145,604 and 42,213, the lowest levels recorded using comparable data). Over the same period study visas issued (excluding student visitors) fell 26% to 210,921. The recent falls for work and study are likely to be partly due to policy changes, which came into effect from 2011 for these reasons for entry to the UK.

By contrast, there was a 12% increase in student visit visas issued to 66,569 in the year ending September 2012. Student visit visas are for short-term study (typically for six months) and cannot be extended.

Edited December 2, 201213 yr by VisasPlus

As it is a 1 year stat and the family changes only started in July (3 months of the 12) - I would probably guess that family visas are down about 60% (15*4). Probably more due to last minute rush applications before July.

So, more than half of all families that had planned to be together, including long established ones, have now had their dreams shattered. 60% of families living apart (broken) thanks to the lovely Theresa May and/or stuck in some third-world country and not allowed to return to the UK.

The 15% 3 month fall of family visas = 7,449 (42,213 * 100 / 85 - 42213). Over 1 year that is almost 30,000 families ruined!

And 21% of dependents left behind! How cruel to force under 18 year olds to be separated from their families (many of them probably only a couple of years old)!

Booo - where are the rotten tomatoes and eggs?

And with the immigration stats, and the new permanent residence rules, over the next 12-24 months we will probably see similar stats for families living in the UK being forcibly separated and deported.

Broken Britain.

Edited December 2, 201213 yr by AngryParent