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Home Office · nationality: Nigeria

Work visas granted: Nigeria

4 periods to 2026 Q2

8,641visas

Work visas granted for Nigeria totalled 8,641 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 37.2% (5,129) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Nigeria
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 26 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 657 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 1,008 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 852 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 951 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 1,245 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 1,209 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 1,193 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 1,277 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,060 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 651 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 639 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 730 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 670 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 711 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 629 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 796 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,197 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 868 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 903 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 845 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 877 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 1,114 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 1,066 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 876 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 902 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 738 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 796 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 592 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 853 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 812 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 696 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 615 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 556 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 602 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 715 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 494 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 422 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 539 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 573 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 376 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 406 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 411 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 461 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 300 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 364 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 377 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 399 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 307 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 408 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 453 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 572 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 521 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 699 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 767 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 1,156 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 1,036 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 923 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 1,023 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 1,565 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1,569 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 1,097 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 3 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,977 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 2,064 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 2,119 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 2,260 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 3,404 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 3,752 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 5,009 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 5,326 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 9,621 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 13,988 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 20,616 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 19,569 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 23,477 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 18,663 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 12,962 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 4,477 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 3,945 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 3,080 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 3,329 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 3,416 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 2,949 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 2,064 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,921 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,707 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