Home Office · visa type group: Visitor
Entry clearance visas refused: Visitor
4 periods to 2026 Q2
558,153 visas
Entry clearance visas refused for Visitor totalled 558,153 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 2.2% (11,798) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Vis_D02
- Case outcome=Refused; Visa type group=Visitor
- column “Decisions”
- sum of 174 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2
The chart as a table
| Period | Entry clearance visas refused by visa type |
|---|---|
| 2005 Q1 | 74,151 visas |
| 2005 Q2 | 89,884 visas |
| 2005 Q3 | 80,398 visas |
| 2005 Q4 | 66,460 visas |
| 2006 Q1 | 62,636 visas |
| 2006 Q2 | 88,137 visas |
| 2006 Q3 | 94,633 visas |
| 2006 Q4 | 76,833 visas |
| 2007 Q1 | 70,172 visas |
| 2007 Q2 | 89,606 visas |
| 2007 Q3 | 86,441 visas |
| 2007 Q4 | 60,482 visas |
| 2008 Q1 | 52,942 visas |
| 2008 Q2 | 72,437 visas |
| 2008 Q3 | 72,920 visas |
| 2008 Q4 | 54,180 visas |
| 2009 Q1 | 54,700 visas |
| 2009 Q2 | 74,349 visas |
| 2009 Q3 | 77,911 visas |
| 2009 Q4 | 60,198 visas |
| 2010 Q1 | 48,276 visas |
| 2010 Q2 | 67,618 visas |
| 2010 Q3 | 65,673 visas |
| 2010 Q4 | 53,265 visas |
| 2011 Q1 | 48,549 visas |
| 2011 Q2 | 61,524 visas |
| 2011 Q3 | 64,648 visas |
| 2011 Q4 | 49,583 visas |
| 2012 Q1 | 50,546 visas |
| 2012 Q2 | 67,504 visas |
| 2012 Q3 | 74,464 visas |
| 2012 Q4 | 61,015 visas |
| 2013 Q1 | 51,960 visas |
| 2013 Q2 | 72,803 visas |
| 2013 Q3 | 82,667 visas |
| 2013 Q4 | 58,253 visas |
| 2014 Q1 | 44,438 visas |
| 2014 Q2 | 66,073 visas |
| 2014 Q3 | 74,028 visas |
| 2014 Q4 | 60,083 visas |
| 2015 Q1 | 59,972 visas |
| 2015 Q2 | 85,374 visas |
| 2015 Q3 | 89,631 visas |
| 2015 Q4 | 69,949 visas |
| 2016 Q1 | 64,482 visas |
| 2016 Q2 | 98,018 visas |
| 2016 Q3 | 94,024 visas |
| 2016 Q4 | 70,519 visas |
| 2017 Q1 | 61,245 visas |
| 2017 Q2 | 78,265 visas |
| 2017 Q3 | 73,581 visas |
| 2017 Q4 | 66,092 visas |
| 2018 Q1 | 63,897 visas |
| 2018 Q2 | 84,846 visas |
| 2018 Q3 | 89,557 visas |
| 2018 Q4 | 76,727 visas |
| 2019 Q1 | 67,898 visas |
| 2019 Q2 | 89,436 visas |
| 2019 Q3 | 96,925 visas |
| 2019 Q4 | 83,683 visas |
| 2020 Q1 | 61,168 visas |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,638 visas |
| 2020 Q3 | 18,944 visas |
| 2020 Q4 | 33,793 visas |
| 2021 Q1 | 26,990 visas |
| 2021 Q2 | 26,404 visas |
| 2021 Q3 | 31,763 visas |
| 2021 Q4 | 47,559 visas |
| 2022 Q1 | 72,732 visas |
| 2022 Q2 | 67,407 visas |
| 2022 Q3 | 93,249 visas |
| 2022 Q4 | 147,024 visas |
| 2023 Q1 | 124,224 visas |
| 2023 Q2 | 130,764 visas |
| 2023 Q3 | 142,692 visas |
| 2023 Q4 | 120,050 visas |
| 2024 Q1 | 112,539 visas |
| 2024 Q2 | 128,269 visas |
| 2024 Q3 | 149,202 visas |
| 2024 Q4 | 129,779 visas |
| 2025 Q1 | 117,114 visas |
| 2025 Q2 | 150,260 visas |
| 2025 Q3 | 161,773 visas |
| 2025 Q4 | 140,347 visas |
| 2026 Q1 | 116,315 visas |
| 2026 Q2 | 139,718 visas |
What this measures
The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visa applications refused in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by visa type group (Work, Study, Family, Visitor, Other).
Applications withdrawn or lapsed, in-country refusals of extensions or switches, refusals later overturned at appeal or administrative review, or the refusal rate (refusals as a share of decisions).
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets (refusals)
- Release
- Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 5151f0bdce2f057a…
- All values
- Entry clearance visas refused by visa type group