Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Family visas granted: Afghanistan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,388visas

Family visas granted for Afghanistan totalled 3,388 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 18.9% (792) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Family, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 5 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Family visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 316 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 224 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 359 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 300 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 300 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 410 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 598 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 518 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 594 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 316 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 756 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 428 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 363 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 313 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 384 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 308 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 356 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 256 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 149 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 590 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 237 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 252 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 238 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 351 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 466 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 264 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 400 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 303 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 228 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 140 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 418 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 104 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 117 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 264 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 173 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 194 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 231 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 167 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 270 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 254 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 326 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 241 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 198 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 226 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 200 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 236 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 240 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 120 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 238 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 290 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 179 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 253 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 204 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 331 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 330 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 307 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 297 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 351 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 264 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 174 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 273 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 273 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 267 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 271 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 143 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 178 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 116 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 217 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 255 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 622 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 330 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 527 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 695 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,084 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 989 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 958 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 963 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,058 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,201 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,284 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 725 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 597 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 782 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.

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

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 5151f0bdce2f057a
All values
Family visas granted by nationality