Home Office · visa type group: Other
Entry clearance visas refused: Other
4 periods to 2026 Q2
22,811 visas
Entry clearance visas refused for Other totalled 22,811 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 18.9% (5,331) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Vis_D02
- Case outcome=Refused; Visa type group=Other
- column “Decisions”
- sum of 290 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2
The chart as a table
| Period | Entry clearance visas refused by visa type |
|---|---|
| 2005 Q1 | 2,437 visas |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,717 visas |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,664 visas |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,733 visas |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,002 visas |
| 2006 Q2 | 3,469 visas |
| 2006 Q3 | 3,563 visas |
| 2006 Q4 | 3,599 visas |
| 2007 Q1 | 4,107 visas |
| 2007 Q2 | 5,346 visas |
| 2007 Q3 | 4,243 visas |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,380 visas |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,504 visas |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,964 visas |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,939 visas |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,565 visas |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,222 visas |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,850 visas |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,620 visas |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,824 visas |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,337 visas |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,729 visas |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,841 visas |
| 2010 Q4 | 3,413 visas |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,614 visas |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,578 visas |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,689 visas |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,294 visas |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,230 visas |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,581 visas |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,030 visas |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,535 visas |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,603 visas |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,392 visas |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,773 visas |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,607 visas |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,980 visas |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,369 visas |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,556 visas |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,369 visas |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,166 visas |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,315 visas |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,097 visas |
| 2015 Q4 | 4,083 visas |
| 2016 Q1 | 4,447 visas |
| 2016 Q2 | 5,091 visas |
| 2016 Q3 | 5,559 visas |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,295 visas |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,525 visas |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,055 visas |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,190 visas |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,587 visas |
| 2018 Q1 | 6,038 visas |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,254 visas |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,298 visas |
| 2018 Q4 | 4,303 visas |
| 2019 Q1 | 7,333 visas |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,948 visas |
| 2019 Q3 | 22,316 visas |
| 2019 Q4 | 22,756 visas |
| 2020 Q1 | 20,470 visas |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,427 visas |
| 2020 Q3 | 9,180 visas |
| 2020 Q4 | 16,018 visas |
| 2021 Q1 | 23,672 visas |
| 2021 Q2 | 14,828 visas |
| 2021 Q3 | 9,420 visas |
| 2021 Q4 | 12,137 visas |
| 2022 Q1 | 12,886 visas |
| 2022 Q2 | 10,488 visas |
| 2022 Q3 | 13,047 visas |
| 2022 Q4 | 18,662 visas |
| 2023 Q1 | 18,171 visas |
| 2023 Q2 | 17,297 visas |
| 2023 Q3 | 10,229 visas |
| 2023 Q4 | 12,042 visas |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,818 visas |
| 2024 Q2 | 10,599 visas |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,491 visas |
| 2024 Q4 | 6,955 visas |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,501 visas |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,195 visas |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,244 visas |
| 2025 Q4 | 5,625 visas |
| 2026 Q1 | 5,280 visas |
| 2026 Q2 | 5,662 visas |
What this measures
The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visa applications refused in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by visa type group (Work, Study, Family, Visitor, Other).
Applications withdrawn or lapsed, in-country refusals of extensions or switches, refusals later overturned at appeal or administrative review, or the refusal rate (refusals as a share of decisions).
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets (refusals)
- Release
- Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 5151f0bdce2f057a…
- All values
- Entry clearance visas refused by visa type group