Home Office · nationality: South Africa

Family visas granted: South Africa

4 periods to 2026 Q2

648visas

Family visas granted for South Africa totalled 648 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 32.9% (318) on the 4 periods before.

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

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Family visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250500750200520102015202020252005 Q1: 572 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 518 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 518 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 450 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 501 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 461 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 396 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 477 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 481 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 403 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 419 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 442 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 411 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 535 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 454 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 436 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 386 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 352 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 313 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 319 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 334 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 342 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 311 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 275 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 225 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 267 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 276 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 231 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 234 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 168 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 172 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 135 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 128 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 90 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 175 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 198 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 116 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 118 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 100 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 151 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 186 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 146 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 196 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 202 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 225 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 226 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 175 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 220 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 256 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 234 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 202 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 241 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 298 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 306 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 385 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 350 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 312 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 384 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 507 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 601 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 340 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 6 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 510 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 570 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 437 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 442 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 448 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 527 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 437 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 234 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 494 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 734 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 825 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 496 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 422 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 369 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 441 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 287 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 348 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 252 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 170 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 196 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 169 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 181 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 112 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 186 visas · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

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.

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
Family visas granted by nationality