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Home Office · nationality: Sri Lanka

Work visas granted: Sri Lanka

4 periods to 2026 Q2

2,664visas

Work visas granted for Sri Lanka totalled 2,664 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 45.8% (2,250) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Sri Lanka
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 21 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 402 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 734 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 652 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 428 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 498 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 842 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 743 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 495 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 544 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 767 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 487 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 379 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 316 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 712 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 390 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 558 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 495 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 733 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 491 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 540 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 404 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 721 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 645 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 429 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 394 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 612 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 490 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 355 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 354 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 488 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 406 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 263 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 369 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 505 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 550 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 315 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 406 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 475 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 439 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 348 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 401 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 499 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 446 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 315 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 305 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 487 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 409 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 294 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 301 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 442 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 366 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 351 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 294 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 555 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 440 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 316 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 339 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 541 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 500 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 410 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 404 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 8 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 418 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 174 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 384 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 391 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 496 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 638 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 944 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,167 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,908 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 2,248 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 3,487 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 3,150 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 3,823 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 3,837 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2,891 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 2,314 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,422 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,165 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,136 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,191 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 795 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 575 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 606 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 688 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