Home Office · nationality: Japan

Study visas granted: Japan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

2,596visas

Study visas granted for Japan totalled 2,596 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 6.0% (166) on the 4 periods before.

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

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Study visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 1,927 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 2,134 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 3,676 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 1,050 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 1,885 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 1,915 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 3,565 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 1,021 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,755 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 1,608 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 2,972 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 842 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 1,300 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 1,274 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 2,695 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 577 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 765 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1,022 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 2,414 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 433 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 905 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 740 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 2,060 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 315 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 831 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 777 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 2,273 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 295 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 775 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 904 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 2,244 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 351 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 780 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 856 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 2,510 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 290 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 712 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 750 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 2,498 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 300 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 667 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 615 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 2,354 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 231 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 522 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 551 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 2,257 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 223 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 498 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 593 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 2,179 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 223 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 445 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 502 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 2,292 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 205 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 428 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 553 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 2,418 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 203 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 268 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 8 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,405 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 291 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 181 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 311 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 2,043 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 220 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 368 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 512 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 2,303 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 203 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 321 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 664 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 2,049 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 160 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 253 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 635 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,895 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 105 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 195 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 567 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,866 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 109 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 184 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 437 visas · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on study routes 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
Study visas granted by nationality