Home Office · visa type group: Study
Entry clearance visas refused: Study
4 periods to 2026 Q2
20,914 visas
Entry clearance visas refused for Study totalled 20,914 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 12.0% (2,865) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Vis_D02
- Case outcome=Refused; Visa type group=Study
- column “Decisions”
- sum of 153 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 | 20,236 visas |
| 2005 Q2 | 14,917 visas |
| 2005 Q3 | 36,220 visas |
| 2005 Q4 | 16,148 visas |
| 2006 Q1 | 20,358 visas |
| 2006 Q2 | 17,446 visas |
| 2006 Q3 | 36,254 visas |
| 2006 Q4 | 19,025 visas |
| 2007 Q1 | 23,001 visas |
| 2007 Q2 | 18,829 visas |
| 2007 Q3 | 36,867 visas |
| 2007 Q4 | 19,566 visas |
| 2008 Q1 | 24,844 visas |
| 2008 Q2 | 20,849 visas |
| 2008 Q3 | 38,072 visas |
| 2008 Q4 | 22,611 visas |
| 2009 Q1 | 28,854 visas |
| 2009 Q2 | 18,237 visas |
| 2009 Q3 | 32,468 visas |
| 2009 Q4 | 31,166 visas |
| 2010 Q1 | 31,872 visas |
| 2010 Q2 | 22,073 visas |
| 2010 Q3 | 30,170 visas |
| 2010 Q4 | 14,531 visas |
| 2011 Q1 | 17,557 visas |
| 2011 Q2 | 14,694 visas |
| 2011 Q3 | 22,625 visas |
| 2011 Q4 | 8,540 visas |
| 2012 Q1 | 6,891 visas |
| 2012 Q2 | 5,909 visas |
| 2012 Q3 | 12,786 visas |
| 2012 Q4 | 9,110 visas |
| 2013 Q1 | 7,887 visas |
| 2013 Q2 | 6,092 visas |
| 2013 Q3 | 11,975 visas |
| 2013 Q4 | 6,088 visas |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,947 visas |
| 2014 Q2 | 5,131 visas |
| 2014 Q3 | 10,602 visas |
| 2014 Q4 | 5,710 visas |
| 2015 Q1 | 5,322 visas |
| 2015 Q2 | 4,071 visas |
| 2015 Q3 | 10,537 visas |
| 2015 Q4 | 4,106 visas |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,387 visas |
| 2016 Q2 | 4,322 visas |
| 2016 Q3 | 10,228 visas |
| 2016 Q4 | 6,115 visas |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,869 visas |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,987 visas |
| 2017 Q3 | 7,303 visas |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,606 visas |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,617 visas |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,730 visas |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,558 visas |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,188 visas |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,329 visas |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,403 visas |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,877 visas |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,059 visas |
| 2020 Q1 | 3,203 visas |
| 2020 Q2 | 56 visas |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,725 visas |
| 2020 Q4 | 4,370 visas |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,490 visas |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,482 visas |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,512 visas |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,203 visas |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,186 visas |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,227 visas |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,557 visas |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,837 visas |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,171 visas |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,232 visas |
| 2023 Q3 | 8,690 visas |
| 2023 Q4 | 10,215 visas |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,401 visas |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,083 visas |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,828 visas |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,522 visas |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,844 visas |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,585 visas |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,395 visas |
| 2025 Q4 | 6,706 visas |
| 2026 Q1 | 5,754 visas |
| 2026 Q2 | 3,059 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