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Home Office · nationality: Japan

Work visas granted: Japan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

4,947visas

Work visas granted for Japan totalled 4,947 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 3.0% (152) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Japan
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 20 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 1,508 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 1,064 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 963 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 792 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 1,553 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 1,161 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 1,033 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 810 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,559 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 1,077 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 1,007 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 733 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 974 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 1,509 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 915 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 835 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,390 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1,419 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 837 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 627 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 1,902 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 891 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 812 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 699 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 2,172 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 1,034 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 1,027 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 634 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 1,935 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 1,077 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 903 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 682 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 1,296 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 1,212 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 1,067 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 813 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 1,211 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 1,266 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 1,119 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 952 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 1,256 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 1,315 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 1,067 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 955 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 1,360 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 1,298 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 1,107 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 897 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 1,286 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 1,464 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 1,172 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 988 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1,281 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 1,453 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 1,065 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 847 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 1,236 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 1,422 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 1,036 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 875 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 538 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 220 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,230 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 979 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 841 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 1,112 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,108 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 915 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,069 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,213 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,049 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 970 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,281 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,230 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 818 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 711 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2,154 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,412 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,027 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 903 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,610 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,559 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,147 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 884 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,551 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,365 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.

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
Work visas granted by nationality