With regard to immigration applications for individuals who have been sponsored by their spouse or partner, since January 1, 2016, broken down by the year the application was received: (a) how many applications were received; (b) how many applications were (i) granted, (ii) denied, (iii) are still awaiting a decision; (c) how many applications were investigated for suspected fake or fraudulent marriages or partnerships; (d) of the applications in (c), how many of the marriages or partnerships were deemed to be (i) legitimate, (ii) fake or fraudulent; and (e) were there any charges or other enforcement actions taken against any of the individuals whose sponsorship application involved a fake or fraudulent marriage, and, if so, how many individuals faced enforcement action, in total, and broken down by type of enforcement action?
In the House of Commons on September 18th, 2023. See this statement in context.