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Immigration

Answer

The table below provides information regarding a) the number of United States citizens refused entry to the United Kingdom in each of the last five years and b) the grounds for refusal.

Refusal Code	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total
Reason Not Specified	142	150	133	141	106	672
Insufficient Means for Proposed Visit	9	9	12	15	30	75
Not Satisfied Genuine Visitor	1,070	1,298	1,419	1,953	2,126	7,866
Seeking free medical treatment/insufficient funds to meet cost of treatment	0	2	4	0	1	7
Unsatisfactory or unacceptable arrangements for Proposed Study	13	25	20	14	8	80
Intention to Study not Genuine and Realistic	11	8	6	7	6	38
Transit Passenger	24	26	21	54	58	183
For Employment without a Work permit	131	146	189	168	135	769
Work Permit Holder Refused	5	5	6	10	1	27
Medically Undesirable	0	1	1	8	0	10
Convicted of a Criminal Offence in the UK/Abroad	6	0	3	5	3	17
Subject to Deportation Order	2	2	4	4	0	12
Exclusion Conducive to the Public Good	9	10	6	19	11	55
No Passport or Acceptable ID Document	13	16		10	18	63
Spurious passport and not qualified for entry	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lack of returnability	1	1	0	2	1	5
Lack of required non-settlement entry clearance	201	237	259	342	380	1,419
Lack of required settlement entry clearance	72	66	51	13	14	216
Returning Resident but not Qualified	0	3	1	2	1	7
Cancellation of entry clearance	6	2	7	7	8	30
Cancellation of Continuing Leave	1	3	5	9	16	34
Refused under Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2000	1	0	0	0	0	1
Other reasons	20	20	28	73	81	222
Grand Total	1,738	2,030	2,181	2,856	3,004	11,809

The information used to answer this question is taken from a live database and is suitable for management information purposes. It has therefore not been subject to the detailed checks required to qualify as National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2337; 718 c20WA

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Exclusion orders USA

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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