Home Office · nationality: Saudi Arabia

Work visas granted: Saudi Arabia

4 periods to 2026 Q2

406visas

Work visas granted for Saudi Arabia totalled 406 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 24.1% (129) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Saudi Arabia
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 9 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400200520102015202020252005 Q1: 129 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 242 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 156 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 70 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 80 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 83 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 176 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 232 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 195 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 118 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 132 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 51 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 76 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 47 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 73 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 31 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 41 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 107 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 178 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 175 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 113 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 76 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 154 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 68 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 44 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 234 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 98 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 95 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 48 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 44 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 81 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 64 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 70 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 41 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 232 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 241 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 106 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 103 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 206 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 76 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 62 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 61 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 110 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 77 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 122 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 130 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 145 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 129 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 63 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 186 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 218 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 65 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 158 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 317 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 278 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 276 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 162 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 161 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 598 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 150 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 78 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 61 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 57 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 40 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 58 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 76 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 241 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 140 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 268 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 219 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 84 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 86 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 136 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 100 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 128 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 119 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 160 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 214 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 73 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 88 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 160 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 98 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 57 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 91 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