Success rates in oral/paper family visitor appeals since 1 January 2003 – as complied by Citizens Advice

appeals received
2003	oral	paper	total	visa app	visa ref	ref rate	appeal rate
January	555	573	1128
February	349	434	783
March	495	607	1102
April	384	637	1021
May	470	656	1126
June	684	552	1236
July	903	779	1682
August	990	892	1882
September	903	916	1819
October	871	859	1730
November	715	682	1397
December	414	486	900
2004
January	490	578	1068	18289	5121	28.0	20.9
February	787	675	1462	19778	4867	24.6	30.0
March	789	865	1654	33625	7504	22.3	22.0
April	790	716	1506	38779	7770	20.0	19.4
May	803	646	1449	42085	9384	22.3	15.4
June	1134	900	2034	51961	14305	27.5	14.2
July	1266	1173	2439	47304	12095	25.6	20.2
August	1624	1191	2815	38232	10589	27.7	26.6
September	2452	1808	4260	30904	10092	32.7	42.2
October	1674	1517	3191	27900	10124	36.3	31.5
November	1440	1403	2843	30545	14180	46.4	20.0
December	2259	1823	4082	32070	15022	46.8	27.2
2005
January	1317	856	2173	23974	14339	59.8	15.2
February	1122	959	2081	26403	10759	40.7	19.3
March	994	776	1770	36544	11761	32.2	15.0
Grand total	26674	23959	50633
2003 total	7733	8073	15806
2004 total	15508	13295	28803	411472	121053	29.4	23.8
2004 Q1	2066	2118	4184	71692	17492	24.4	23.9
2005 Q1	3433	2591	6024	86921	36859	42.4	16.3

	Oral appeals					Paper appeals							Overall
2003	Decisions	Allowed	Refused	W/drawn	success	Decisions	Allowed	Refused	W/drawn	success rate	Decisions	Allowed	Refused	w/drawn	success rate
January	324	182	136	6	57.2	564	217	347	0	38.5	888	399	483	6	45.2
February	410	251	146	13	63.2	538	212	326	0	39.4	948	463	472	13	49.5
March	422	273	142	7	65.8	416	158	258	0	38.0	838	431	400	7	51.9
April	413	265	137	11	65.9	492	168	323	1	34.2	905	433	460	12	48.5
May	496	285	197	14	59.1	554	242	312	0	43.7	1050	527	509	14	50.9
June	396	235	149	12	61.2	420	147	273	0	35.0	816	382	422	12	47.5
July	518	332	177	9	65.2	389	157	232	0	40.4	907	489	409	9	54.5
August	476	277	182	17	60.3	413	157	255	1	38.1	889	434	437	18	49.8
September	646	379	246	21	60.6	708	294	413