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Family visas granted by nationality
The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on family routes (partner, child, other family and refugee family reunion) in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by nationality.
latest 12 months to 2026 Q2; 4 quarters summed · total 58,231 visas · published 27 August 2026
| Nationality | Latest 12 months | Share | Previous 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 8,251 | 14.2% | 9,631 | ▼ 14.3% |
| United States | 3,487 | 6% | 2,997 | ▲ 16.3% |
| Afghanistan | 3,388 | 5.8% | 4,180 | ▼ 18.9% |
| India | 2,734 | 4.7% | 3,049 | ▼ 10.3% |
| Iraq | 2,383 | 4.1% | 2,121 | ▲ 12.4% |
| Nepal | 2,211 | 3.8% | 2,662 | ▼ 16.9% |
| Yemen | 1,902 | 3.3% | 1,101 | ▲ 72.8% |
| Iran | 1,889 | 3.2% | 4,260 | ▼ 55.7% |
| Ghana | 1,791 | 3.1% | 1,872 | ▼ 4.3% |
| Sudan | 1,744 | 3% | 2,063 | ▼ 15.5% |
| Bangladesh | 1,648 | 2.8% | 2,344 | ▼ 29.7% |
| Syria | 1,419 | 2.4% | 4,154 | ▼ 65.8% |
| Nigeria | 1,379 | 2.4% | 1,721 | ▼ 19.9% |
| Philippines | 1,202 | 2.1% | 1,474 | ▼ 18.5% |
| Turkey | 1,198 | 2.1% | 1,595 | ▼ 24.9% |
| Ethiopia | 1,132 | 1.9% | 1,078 | ▲ 5% |
| Eritrea | 1,099 | 1.9% | 2,264 | ▼ 51.5% |
| Brazil | 813 | 1.4% | 941 | ▼ 13.6% |
| China | 797 | 1.4% | 995 | ▼ 19.9% |
| Morocco | 773 | 1.3% | 813 | ▼ 4.9% |
| Sri Lanka | 761 | 1.3% | 934 | ▼ 18.5% |
| Thailand | 680 | 1.2% | 764 | ▼ 11% |
| South Africa | 648 | 1.1% | 966 | ▼ 32.9% |
| Somalia | 619 | 1.1% | 718 | ▼ 13.8% |
| Albania | 608 | 1% | 740 | ▼ 17.8% |
| Vietnam | 481 | 0.8% | 623 | ▼ 22.8% |
| Egypt | 473 | 0.8% | 613 | ▼ 22.8% |
| Australia | 454 | 0.8% | 479 | ▼ 5.2% |
| Canada | 454 | 0.8% | 462 | ▼ 1.7% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 437 | 0.8% | 441 | ▼ 0.9% |
| Germany | 422 | 0.7% | 396 | ▲ 6.6% |
| Kenya | 382 | 0.7% | 431 | ▼ 11.4% |
| France | 372 | 0.6% | 350 | ▲ 6.3% |
| Uganda | 364 | 0.6% | 383 | ▼ 5% |
| Other and unknown | 359 | 0.6% | 941 | ▼ 61.8% |
| Italy | 353 | 0.6% | 301 | ▲ 17.3% |
| Russia | 310 | 0.5% | 431 | ▼ 28.1% |
| Romania | 304 | 0.5% | 254 | ▲ 19.7% |
| Spain | 295 | 0.5% | 268 | ▲ 10.1% |
| Netherlands | 287 | 0.5% | 236 | ▲ 21.6% |
| Jamaica | 286 | 0.5% | 451 | ▼ 36.6% |
| Zimbabwe | 252 | 0.4% | 287 | ▼ 12.2% |
| Poland | 247 | 0.4% | 267 | ▼ 7.5% |
| Algeria | 242 | 0.4% | 272 | ▼ 11% |
| Tunisia | 236 | 0.4% | 241 | ▼ 2.1% |
| Colombia | 234 | 0.4% | 260 | ▼ 10% |
| Mexico | 230 | 0.4% | 218 | ▲ 5.5% |
| Cameroon | 216 | 0.4% | 344 | ▼ 37.2% |
| Gambia, The | 197 | 0.3% | 294 | ▼ 33% |
| Greece | 179 | 0.3% | 168 | ▲ 6.5% |
| Indonesia | 177 | 0.3% | 203 | ▼ 12.8% |
| Portugal | 158 | 0.3% | 156 | ▲ 1.3% |
| New Zealand | 157 | 0.3% | 193 | ▼ 18.7% |
| Sierra Leone | 154 | 0.3% | 231 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Sweden | 152 | 0.3% | 141 | ▲ 7.8% |
| Malaysia | 146 | 0.3% | 145 | ▲ 0.7% |
| Japan | 136 | 0.2% | 187 | ▼ 27.3% |
| Hong Kong | 131 | 0.2% | 195 | ▼ 32.8% |
| Refugee | 121 | 0.2% | 306 | ▼ 60.5% |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 118 | 0.2% | 152 | ▼ 22.4% |
| Libya | 118 | 0.2% | 133 | ▼ 11.3% |
| Palestine | 118 | 0.2% | 132 | ▼ 10.6% |
| Jordan | 115 | 0.2% | 136 | ▼ 15.4% |
| Belgium | 110 | 0.2% | 86 | ▲ 27.9% |
| Lebanon | 110 | 0.2% | 143 | ▼ 23.1% |
| Tanzania | 105 | 0.2% | 117 | ▼ 10.3% |
| Peru | 104 | 0.2% | 86 | ▲ 20.9% |
| South Korea | 104 | 0.2% | 119 | ▼ 12.6% |
| Hungary | 90 | 0.2% | 87 | ▲ 3.4% |
| Israel | 89 | 0.2% | 144 | ▼ 38.2% |
| Fiji | 83 | 0.1% | 74 | ▲ 12.2% |
| Singapore | 78 | 0.1% | 92 | ▼ 15.2% |
| Namibia | 73 | 0.1% | 58 | ▲ 25.9% |
| Bulgaria | 69 | 0.1% | 83 | ▼ 16.9% |
| Norway | 69 | 0.1% | 58 | ▲ 19% |
| Kosovo | 66 | 0.1% | 71 | ▼ 7% |
| Taiwan | 66 | 0.1% | 86 | ▼ 23.3% |
| Switzerland | 63 | 0.1% | 51 | ▲ 23.5% |
| Denmark | 61 | 0.1% | 61 | → 0% |
| Mauritius | 60 | 0.1% | 80 | ▼ 25% |
| Argentina | 59 | 0.1% | 83 | ▼ 28.9% |
| Malawi | 59 | 0.1% | 68 | ▼ 13.2% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 58 | 0.1% | 57 | ▲ 1.8% |
| Kazakhstan | 56 | 0.1% | 86 | ▼ 34.9% |
| Uzbekistan | 56 | 0.1% | 55 | ▲ 1.8% |
| Ukraine | 55 | 0.1% | 34 | ▲ 61.8% |
| Georgia | 54 | 0.1% | 47 | ▲ 14.9% |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 54 | 0.1% | 57 | ▼ 5.3% |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 0.1% | 51 | ▲ 3.9% |
| Zambia | 52 | 0.1% | 56 | ▼ 7.1% |
| Chile | 49 | 0.1% | 59 | ▼ 16.9% |
| Ecuador | 49 | 0.1% | 63 | ▼ 22.2% |
| Czechia | 46 | 0.1% | 47 | ▼ 2.1% |
| Serbia | 46 | 0.1% | 52 | ▼ 11.5% |
| Belarus | 45 | 0.1% | 45 | → 0% |
| Lithuania | 45 | 0.1% | 49 | ▼ 8.2% |
| Moldova | 45 | 0.1% | 51 | ▼ 11.8% |
| Dominican Republic | 44 | 0.1% | 40 | ▲ 10% |
| Finland | 43 | 0.1% | 67 | ▼ 35.8% |
| Venezuela | 41 | 0.1% | 41 | → 0% |
| Azerbaijan | 40 | 0.1% | 73 | ▼ 45.2% |
| Chad | 40 | 0.1% | 65 | ▼ 38.5% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 39 | 0.1% | 44 | ▼ 11.4% |
| Austria | 38 | 0.1% | 50 | ▼ 24% |
| Tajikistan | 38 | 0.1% | 54 | ▼ 29.6% |
| St Lucia | 37 | 0.1% | 33 | ▲ 12.1% |
| Guinea | 36 | 0.1% | 60 | ▼ 40% |
| Rwanda | 34 | 0.1% | 41 | ▼ 17.1% |
| Stateless | 34 | 0.1% | 73 | ▼ 53.4% |
| Kuwait | 33 | 0.1% | 48 | ▼ 31.3% |
| Cambodia | 32 | 0.1% | 25 | ▲ 28% |
| Croatia | 31 | 0.1% | 27 | ▲ 14.8% |
| Latvia | 31 | 0.1% | 44 | ▼ 29.5% |
| Barbados | 30 | 0.1% | 21 | ▲ 42.9% |
| Slovakia | 30 | 0.1% | 29 | ▲ 3.4% |
| Botswana | 29 | 0% | 23 | ▲ 26.1% |
| Cyprus | 28 | 0% | 21 | ▲ 33.3% |
| Bolivia | 26 | 0% | 33 | ▼ 21.2% |
| South Sudan | 26 | 0% | 15 | ▲ 73.3% |
| Malta | 25 | 0% | 16 | ▲ 56.3% |
| Cuba | 24 | 0% | 34 | ▼ 29.4% |
| Senegal | 24 | 0% | 36 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Honduras | 23 | 0% | 27 | ▼ 14.8% |
| North Macedonia | 22 | 0% | 20 | ▲ 10% |
| Angola | 21 | 0% | 19 | ▲ 10.5% |
| Armenia | 20 | 0% | 22 | ▼ 9.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 66.7% |
| Guyana | 20 | 0% | 21 | ▼ 4.8% |
| Estonia | 19 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 17.4% |
| El Salvador | 17 | 0% | 42 | ▼ 59.5% |
| Guatemala | 17 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 112.5% |
| Burundi | 16 | 0% | 18 | ▼ 11.1% |
| Liberia | 16 | 0% | 16 | → 0% |
| Costa Rica | 15 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 34.8% |
| Grenada | 15 | 0% | 21 | ▼ 28.6% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 15 | 0% | 10 | ▲ 50% |
| Turkmenistan | 15 | 0% | 10 | ▲ 50% |
| Bahrain | 14 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 12.5% |
| Dominica | 13 | 0% | 17 | ▼ 23.5% |
| Panama | 13 | 0% | 13 | → 0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 13 | 0% | 18 | ▼ 27.8% |
| Laos | 12 | 0% | 14 | ▼ 14.3% |
| Togo | 12 | 0% | 27 | ▼ 55.6% |
| Mozambique | 11 | 0% | 9 | ▲ 22.2% |
| Slovenia | 11 | 0% | 11 | → 0% |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 11 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 57.1% |
| Brunei | 10 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 66.7% |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 0% | 9 | ▲ 11.1% |
| Cape Verde | 10 | 0% | 11 | ▼ 9.1% |
| Congo | 10 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 25% |
| Mongolia | 10 | 0% | 9 | ▲ 11.1% |
| Benin | 9 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 43.8% |
| Lesotho | 9 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 28.6% |
| Djibouti | 8 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 20% |
| Eswatini | 8 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 14.3% |
| Former Yugoslavia | 8 | 0% | 31 | ▼ 74.2% |
| Gabon | 8 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 33.3% |
| Bahamas, The | 7 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 22.2% |
| Central African Republic | 7 | 0% | 7 | → 0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 7 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 12.5% |
| Iceland | 7 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 22.2% |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 40% |
| Mauritania | 7 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Nicaragua | 7 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 12.5% |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 40% |
| Tonga | 7 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 75% |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 40% |
| Uruguay | 7 | 0% | 14 | ▼ 50% |
| Haiti | 6 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 14.3% |
| Madagascar | 6 | 0% | 13 | ▼ 53.8% |
| Maldives | 6 | 0% | 6 | → 0% |
| Mali | 6 | 0% | 6 | → 0% |
| Oman | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| Seychelles | 6 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 25% |
| Suriname | 6 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 50% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 28.6% |
| Belize | 5 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 28.6% |
| Bhutan | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| British overseas citizens | 5 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Macau | 5 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 37.5% |
| Montenegro | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Comoros | 4 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Cyprus (Northern part of) | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| East Timor | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Kiribati | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Niger | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| Paraguay | 4 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Qatar | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| Samoa | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 42.9% |
| North Korea | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Andorra | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Tuvalu | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Gibraltar (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Ireland | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Monaco | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| San Marino | 1 | 0% | — | — |
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets · sheet Data_Vis_D02
- Rows
- Visa type group=Family, Case outcome=Issued; values are the sum of the published rows for each nationality and period.
- Caveat
- Applications made, refusals, people who actually arrived in the UK, or in-country extensions and switches.
- Parent metric
- Family visas granted
- API
- /api/metrics/family_visas_by_nationality/vintages