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

Work visas granted by nationality

2026 Q2 Provisional

70,603visas

Work visas granted by nationality were 70,603 visas in 2026 Q2, down 19.7% (17,331) from 87,934 in 2025 Q2.

▼ 19.7% · −17,331 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=Work, Case outcome=Issued”
  6. column “Decisions”
  7. cell value sum of 1653 rows

The series is falling. Rule: down 19.7% from 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k150k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 60,539 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 75,087 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 58,970 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 48,828 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 62,764 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 74,063 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 62,253 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 50,523 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 60,333 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 58,045 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 49,528 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 37,884 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 44,104 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 50,681 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 48,426 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 41,436 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 41,478 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 44,371 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 36,931 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 32,867 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 38,776 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 46,005 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 43,350 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 32,593 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 39,861 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 42,457 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 37,221 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 29,771 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 39,140 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 41,245 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 35,402 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 29,323 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 35,782 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 43,996 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 42,949 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 32,033 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 37,344 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 46,905 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 45,208 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 37,689 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 41,218 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 44,389 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 45,115 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 35,178 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 39,191 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 47,106 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 43,096 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 34,529 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 39,441 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 46,501 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 43,803 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 35,198 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 37,086 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 51,034 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 48,121 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 39,571 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 41,919 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 55,381 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 51,787 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 43,472 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 33,968 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 6,187 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 38,972 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 35,401 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 40,269 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 55,928 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 72,842 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 70,154 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 77,271 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 110,325 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 122,681 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 111,288 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 141,826 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 162,427 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 168,063 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 141,311 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 130,674 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 105,807 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 74,159 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 57,499 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 66,171 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 87,934 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 61,320 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 45,005 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 57,913 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 70,603 visas · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on work routes 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=Work, Case outcome=Issued
Column
Decisions
Cell value
sum of 1653 rows
Geography
United Kingdom
Unit
visas
API
/api/metrics/work_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 2024–105,8072024 Q270,6032026 Q2↓ 33.3%
Conservative 2019–202451,7872019 Q3105,8072024 Q2↑ 104.3%
Conservative 2017–201939,4412017 Q151,7872019 Q3↑ 31.3%
Conservative 2015–201741,2182015 Q139,4412017 Q1↓ 4.3%
Coalition 2010–201538,7762010 Q141,2182015 Q1↑ 6.3%
Labour 2005–201060,5392005 Q138,7762010 Q1↓ 35.9%

Full comparison with chart

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