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	1	41.6	1354	673	659	22	50.5
October	825	498	305	22	62.0	731	269	462	0	36.8	1556	767	767	22	50.0
November	1313	754	531	28	58.7	1021	383	638	0	37.5	2334	1137	1169	28	49.3
December	771	449	304	18	59.6	858	316	542	0	36.8	1629	765	846	18	47.5
2004
January	782	439	328	15	57.2	690	230	457	3	33.5	1472	669	785	18	46.0
February	459	264	184	11	58.9	615	222	390	3	36.3	1074	486	574	14	45.8
March	546	323	209	24	61.9	672	257	413	2	38.4	1218	580	622	26	48.7
April	731	391	209	24	55.3	637	220	417	0	34.5	1368	611	626	24	45.5
May	761	438	291	32	60.1	767	311	452	4	40.8	1528	749	743	36	50.2
June	789	455	309	25	59.6	910	358	549	3	39.5	1699	813	858	28	48.7
July	795	475	281	39	62.8	627	243	381	3	38.9	1422	718	662	42	52.0
August	993	607	339	47	64.2	908	334	572	2	36.9	1901	941	911	49	50.8
September	1239	741	449	49	62.3	1088	453	635	0	41.6	2327	1194	1084	49	52.4
October	1648	977	614	57	61.4	1313	450	862	1	34.3	2961	1427	1476	58	49.2
November	1650	981	614	57	61.6	1686	592	1092	2	35.2	3336	1573	1706	59	48.0
December	1345	791	497	57	61.4	1056	382	669	5	36.3	2401	1173	1166	62	50.1
2005												0	0
January	1049	538	467	44	53.5	1132	412	718	2	36.5	2181	950	1185	46	44.5
February	1281	680	554	47	55.1	1358	439	915	4	32.4	2639	1119	1469	51	43.2
March	1315	656	579	80	53.1	1294	486	806	2	37.6	2609	1142	1385	82	45.2
Overall	22393	12936	8576	786	59.9	21857	8109	13709	39	37.2	44250	21045	22285	825	48.5
	21607	59.9				21818	37.2				43425	48.5
01/01/04 +	15383	8756	5924	608	59.3	14753	5389	9328	36	36.6	30136	14145	15252	644	48.0
2003	7010	4180	2652	178	61.2	7104	2720	4381	3	38.3	14114	6900	7033	181	49.5
2004	11738	6882	4324	437	60.9	10969	4052	6889	28	37.0	22707	10934	11213	465	49.2
Q1 of 2005	3645	1874	1600	171	53.9	3784	1337	2439	8	35.4	7429	3211	4039	179	44.3
Q1 of 2004	1787	1026	721	50	59.1	1977	709	1260	8	36.0	3764	1735	1981	58	46.8