To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan citizens have been granted leave to remain since 1 September 2021.
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30 November 2021
The Home Office publishes quarterly data on grants and refusals of leave to remain (visa extensions) in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ on GOV.UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
The latest published statistics show that 464 people with Afghan Nationality were granted leave to remain in the third quarter (July to September) 2021. Of this, 385 grants were via a Family route.
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