Application approval rates in 2011 by Visa Office

[OhCanadiana]

The 2011 approval rate data was recently released by CIC. For spouses, partners and children the data by Visa Office is:

All Points of Service* 83%

Africa & Middle East 79%
Abidjan/Dakar 74%
Abu Dhabi 81%
Accra - RPC 50%
Cairo 85%
Damascus - RPC 92%
Nairobi 81%
Pretoria 64%
Rabat 89%
Tel Aviv 84%

Asia & Pacific 81%
Beijing - RPC 86%
Colombo 90%
Hong Kong 69%
Islamabad 85%
Kuala Lumpur 75%
Manila 93%
New Delhi 83%
Seoul 95%
Singapore - RPC 53%
Sydney Australia 91%
Taipei 97%
Tokyo 98%

Europe 91%
Ankara 84%
Berlin 93%
Bucharest 95%
Kiev 90%
London - RPC 93%
Moscow 91%
Paris-RPC 92%
Rome 83%
Vienna - RPC 84%
Warsaw 91%

Americas 87%
Bogota 91%
Buenos Aires 88%
Buffalo - RPC 95%
Caracas 88%
Guatemala 91%
Havana 86%
Kingston, Jamaica 88%
Lima 89%
Mexico City 79%
Port-au-Prince 59%
Port of Spain 76%
Santiago 84%
Santo Domingo 82%
Sao Paulo 97%

You can find info on number of applications and other visa classes at http://www.data.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=5175A6F0-1&xsl=datacataloguerecord&metaxsl=datacataloguerecord&formid=427337D0-7C36-4FED-8428-C6A63F8C19B3

 

[canadiangirl78]

Also interesting, thanks for posting!

 

[waikiki]

Why does Hong Kong have a relatively low approval rate? How come?

 

[Dragoon]

OMG at Singapore, what the hell is that office doing.

 

[mameelynn]

What I still don't get is why so many of the offices that have lower approval rates have shorter processing times... You would think the countries with the highest % would also be the fastest to process because in theory the higher the % the lower the fraud...

 

[canadianwoman]

Why does Hong Kong have a relatively low approval rate? How come?

Southern China is a hotbed of marriage fraud. Applicants from Hong Kong itself seem to be more successful on average.

 

[waikiki]

Oh, that´s bad.What about Singapore?

 

[canadianwoman]

I'm guessing applicants from Singapore itself have few problems, but the Singapore office is also responsible for several south-east Asian countries, which do seem to have long processing times in general.

 

[mobeyk]

It is clear that you need to do a good solid homework to get succesful applications in low rate countries. 69% for Hong Kong seems low because of many fraud cases. Yet, I believe with a solid case and evidence there should be no problem. Lets see the glass 69% full and not 31% empty.

 

[Fencesitter]

Exactly. 69% is not that bad. That means about 70% get approved. I'm not concerned that HK has a lower approval rating because I know our case is strong. I am also fairly confident that our application will be approved within the 20%, and probably faster than 7 months.

We'll know soon enough!!

FS

 

[LeeGarcia]

My husband and I, same sex couple were married in Mexico City, start to finish two weeks. He is a Mexican citizen, I am a US citizen, we reside in Mexico, because the country of my birth refuses to accept our relationship. We were married before a judge, 15 minutes and we were done!