Home Office · visa type group: Work
Entry clearance visas refused: Work
4 periods to 2026 Q2
26,337 visas
Entry clearance visas refused for Work totalled 26,337 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 34.4% (13,791) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Vis_D02
- Case outcome=Refused; Visa type group=Work
- column “Decisions”
- sum of 386 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 | 8,730 visas |
| 2005 Q2 | 11,175 visas |
| 2005 Q3 | 9,038 visas |
| 2005 Q4 | 7,194 visas |
| 2006 Q1 | 7,679 visas |
| 2006 Q2 | 10,462 visas |
| 2006 Q3 | 9,016 visas |
| 2006 Q4 | 8,368 visas |
| 2007 Q1 | 8,287 visas |
| 2007 Q2 | 8,036 visas |
| 2007 Q3 | 7,718 visas |
| 2007 Q4 | 7,588 visas |
| 2008 Q1 | 7,087 visas |
| 2008 Q2 | 9,067 visas |
| 2008 Q3 | 13,439 visas |
| 2008 Q4 | 11,062 visas |
| 2009 Q1 | 9,422 visas |
| 2009 Q2 | 7,098 visas |
| 2009 Q3 | 5,003 visas |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,902 visas |
| 2010 Q1 | 4,209 visas |
| 2010 Q2 | 5,911 visas |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,343 visas |
| 2010 Q4 | 4,397 visas |
| 2011 Q1 | 3,577 visas |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,818 visas |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,834 visas |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,213 visas |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,883 visas |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,252 visas |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,399 visas |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,959 visas |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,135 visas |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,100 visas |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,787 visas |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,207 visas |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,063 visas |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,519 visas |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,830 visas |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,442 visas |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,429 visas |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,934 visas |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,088 visas |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,273 visas |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,141 visas |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,341 visas |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,934 visas |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,941 visas |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,964 visas |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,331 visas |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,207 visas |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,198 visas |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,932 visas |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,310 visas |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,001 visas |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,747 visas |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,777 visas |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,932 visas |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,572 visas |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,143 visas |
| 2020 Q1 | 958 visas |
| 2020 Q2 | 228 visas |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,808 visas |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,117 visas |
| 2021 Q1 | 11,753 visas |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,708 visas |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,365 visas |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,479 visas |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,472 visas |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,232 visas |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,832 visas |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,194 visas |
| 2023 Q1 | 6,278 visas |
| 2023 Q2 | 8,736 visas |
| 2023 Q3 | 10,227 visas |
| 2023 Q4 | 17,021 visas |
| 2024 Q1 | 15,414 visas |
| 2024 Q2 | 12,405 visas |
| 2024 Q3 | 10,841 visas |
| 2024 Q4 | 10,162 visas |
| 2025 Q1 | 9,731 visas |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,394 visas |
| 2025 Q3 | 9,379 visas |
| 2025 Q4 | 6,522 visas |
| 2026 Q1 | 5,313 visas |
| 2026 Q2 | 5,123 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