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Home Office · Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets

Family visas granted by nationality

2026 Q2 Provisional

13,358visas

Family visas granted by nationality were 13,358 visas in 2026 Q2, down 24.5% (4,327) from 17,685 in 2025 Q2.

▼ 24.5% · −4,327 against 2025 Q2 (same quarter previous year)

  1. Home Office count
  2. 2026 Q2
  3. published 27 August 2026
  4. Vis_D02
  5. row “Visa type group=Family, Case outcome=Issued”
  6. column “Decisions”
  7. cell value sum of 367 rows

The series is falling. Rule: down 24.5% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Family visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 15,947 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 17,905 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 16,963 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 15,528 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 16,127 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 17,006 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 19,175 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 17,847 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 18,900 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 15,059 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 16,713 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 13,755 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 14,315 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 13,416 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 14,068 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 11,785 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 13,008 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 10,634 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 11,480 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 14,090 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 12,405 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 12,309 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 13,429 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 14,218 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 11,851 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 9,809 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 12,968 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 10,413 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 10,686 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 10,539 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 9,844 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 9,162 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 7,338 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 7,341 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 9,371 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 9,083 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 9,387 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 7,794 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 8,303 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 9,368 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 9,093 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 8,375 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 9,678 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 10,565 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 9,449 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 8,949 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 9,302 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 10,081 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 10,055 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 7,263 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 10,035 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 12,770 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 9,896 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 10,222 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 11,306 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 12,196 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 13,680 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 12,039 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 14,128 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 15,796 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 11,607 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,092 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 11,334 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 13,054 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 11,094 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 11,423 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 9,772 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 9,893 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 10,012 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 6,366 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 11,640 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 19,101 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 27,489 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 16,901 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 18,042 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 17,651 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 25,668 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 22,551 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 20,433 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 16,509 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 16,070 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 17,685 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 16,799 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 15,417 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 12,016 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 13,358 visas · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on family routes (partner, child, other family and refugee family reunion) in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by nationality.

What this doesn’t measure

Applications made, refusals, people who actually arrived in the UK, or in-country extensions and switches.

Important caveat

Visas issued by nationality are summed from the Home Office detailed outcomes dataset (case outcome "Issued"), counting main applicants and dependants, and reconcile to the summary visa grant totals. An outcome in a quarter may relate to an application made in an earlier quarter. Visa route definitions change over time, so long-run comparisons within a route are not always like for like. Data for 2026 Q1 onwards is provisional and will be revised.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
Home Office
Publication
Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026
Source file
entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-jun-2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
5151f0bdce2f057a4a89e712f2234dceedddb9857f5d97820d48c693477fcdef
Retrieved
2 September 2026
Sheet
Data_Vis_D02
Table
Vis_D02
Row
Visa type group=Family, Case outcome=Issued
Column
Decisions
Cell value
sum of 367 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
visas
API
/api/metrics/family_visas_by_nationality · /series · /vintages

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–22,5512024 Q213,3582026 Q2↓ 40.8%
Conservative 2019–202414,1282019 Q322,5512024 Q2↑ 59.6%
Conservative 2017–201910,0552017 Q114,1282019 Q3↑ 40.5%
Conservative 2015–20179,0932015 Q110,0552017 Q1↑ 10.6%
Coalition 2010–201512,4052010 Q19,0932015 Q1↓ 26.7%
Labour 2005–201015,9472005 Q112,4052010 Q1↓ 22.2%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending June 2026 · publication page
Last updated
27 August 2026
Next scheduled release
26 November 2026 (official date)