According to data the Immigration Department provided in response to an order paper question from Kwan this spring, the rate of applications refused after processing ranged from 35% to 41% between 2016 and 2019. Those figures do not include applications that were withdrawn.
In 2020, the rejection rate rose to 57% even though the total number of applications processed — 7,835 — increased by just 11%, which was a smaller jump than the prior year.
The 2021 figures, which only include up to Feb. 28, show the rate of applications refused climbed to 70% of the 4,180 processed in the first two months of this year.
In 2020, the rejection rate rose to 57% even though the total number of applications processed — 7,835 — increased by just 11%, which was a smaller jump than the prior year.
The 2021 figures, which only include up to Feb. 28, show the rate of applications refused climbed to 70% of the 4,180 processed in the first two months of this year.