Home Office · nationality: United States

Work visas granted: United States

4 periods to 2026 Q2

11,326visas

Work visas granted for United States totalled 11,326 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 1.0% (115) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=United States
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 30 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 2,397 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 3,135 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 4,249 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 2,303 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 2,695 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 3,633 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 4,614 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 2,697 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 3,176 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 3,637 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 4,704 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 2,504 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 2,626 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 3,040 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 4,711 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 2,965 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 2,502 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 3,024 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 4,144 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 2,633 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 3,245 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 4,442 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 4,639 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 2,645 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 3,045 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 3,772 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 4,279 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 2,722 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 2,929 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 4,202 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 4,138 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 2,434 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 2,965 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 4,598 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 4,762 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 2,630 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 2,867 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 4,701 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 4,645 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 3,032 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 2,893 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 4,415 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 4,719 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 2,627 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 2,691 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 4,365 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 4,238 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 2,543 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 2,598 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 4,261 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 4,266 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 2,684 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 2,663 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 4,412 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 4,282 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 2,625 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 2,961 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 4,253 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 3,910 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 2,468 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 1,922 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 39 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 2,547 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 1,866 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 1,808 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 2,692 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 3,382 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 2,402 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 2,223 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 3,134 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 4,165 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 2,601 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 2,408 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 3,439 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 3,345 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2,190 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2,160 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 3,388 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 3,252 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 2,086 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 2,247 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 3,626 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 3,417 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 2,180 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 2,275 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 3,454 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