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Work visas granted by nationality
The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas issued on work routes in each quarter, counting main applicants and their dependants, split by nationality.
latest 12 months to 2026 Q2; 4 quarters summed · total 235,634 visas · published 27 August 2026
| Nationality | Latest 12 months | Share | Previous 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 47,009 | 20% | 60,971 | ▼ 22.9% |
| Philippines | 15,502 | 6.6% | 18,237 | ▼ 15% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14,082 | 6% | 11,805 | ▲ 19.3% |
| United States | 11,326 | 4.8% | 11,211 | ▲ 1% |
| Pakistan | 10,646 | 4.5% | 19,026 | ▼ 44% |
| Australia | 10,256 | 4.4% | 11,551 | ▼ 11.2% |
| Nigeria | 8,641 | 3.7% | 13,770 | ▼ 37.2% |
| Uzbekistan | 6,941 | 2.9% | 6,351 | ▲ 9.3% |
| Tajikistan | 6,423 | 2.7% | 5,796 | ▲ 10.8% |
| Kazakhstan | 5,967 | 2.5% | 6,205 | ▼ 3.8% |
| China | 5,251 | 2.2% | 5,937 | ▼ 11.6% |
| Canada | 5,103 | 2.2% | 5,214 | ▼ 2.1% |
| France | 5,054 | 2.1% | 5,223 | ▼ 3.2% |
| Japan | 4,947 | 2.1% | 5,099 | ▼ 3% |
| Kenya | 4,365 | 1.9% | 4,170 | ▲ 4.7% |
| New Zealand | 3,696 | 1.6% | 4,157 | ▼ 11.1% |
| Germany | 3,670 | 1.6% | 3,851 | ▼ 4.7% |
| Zimbabwe | 3,568 | 1.5% | 8,136 | ▼ 56.1% |
| Italy | 3,308 | 1.4% | 3,221 | ▲ 2.7% |
| South Africa | 3,021 | 1.3% | 4,455 | ▼ 32.2% |
| Turkey | 2,879 | 1.2% | 4,129 | ▼ 30.3% |
| Ghana | 2,766 | 1.2% | 4,863 | ▼ 43.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 2,664 | 1.1% | 4,914 | ▼ 45.8% |
| Spain | 2,501 | 1.1% | 2,741 | ▼ 8.8% |
| South Korea | 2,423 | 1% | 2,546 | ▼ 4.8% |
| Bangladesh | 2,362 | 1% | 3,914 | ▼ 39.7% |
| Egypt | 2,342 | 1% | 3,169 | ▼ 26.1% |
| Moldova | 2,033 | 0.9% | 1,989 | ▲ 2.2% |
| Nepal | 1,896 | 0.8% | 2,658 | ▼ 28.7% |
| Poland | 1,648 | 0.7% | 1,184 | ▲ 39.2% |
| Netherlands | 1,495 | 0.6% | 1,389 | ▲ 7.6% |
| Russia | 1,435 | 0.6% | 1,744 | ▼ 17.7% |
| Romania | 1,412 | 0.6% | 1,445 | ▼ 2.3% |
| Indonesia | 1,334 | 0.6% | 1,304 | ▲ 2.3% |
| Brazil | 1,300 | 0.6% | 1,602 | ▼ 18.9% |
| Iran | 1,136 | 0.5% | 1,467 | ▼ 22.6% |
| Ukraine | 1,072 | 0.5% | 1,160 | ▼ 7.6% |
| Taiwan | 1,052 | 0.4% | 989 | ▲ 6.4% |
| Belgium | 901 | 0.4% | 795 | ▲ 13.3% |
| Argentina | 880 | 0.4% | 962 | ▼ 8.5% |
| Malaysia | 842 | 0.4% | 1,188 | ▼ 29.1% |
| Sweden | 774 | 0.3% | 780 | ▼ 0.8% |
| Sudan | 698 | 0.3% | 1,014 | ▼ 31.2% |
| Portugal | 692 | 0.3% | 892 | ▼ 22.4% |
| Bulgaria | 674 | 0.3% | 751 | ▼ 10.3% |
| Greece | 633 | 0.3% | 748 | ▼ 15.4% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 604 | 0.3% | 667 | ▼ 9.4% |
| Singapore | 591 | 0.3% | 688 | ▼ 14.1% |
| Israel | 571 | 0.2% | 871 | ▼ 34.4% |
| Denmark | 563 | 0.2% | 638 | ▼ 11.8% |
| Switzerland | 555 | 0.2% | 581 | ▼ 4.5% |
| Morocco | 517 | 0.2% | 616 | ▼ 16.1% |
| Norway | 465 | 0.2% | 395 | ▲ 17.7% |
| Uganda | 449 | 0.2% | 654 | ▼ 31.3% |
| Colombia | 444 | 0.2% | 506 | ▼ 12.3% |
| Thailand | 409 | 0.2% | 513 | ▼ 20.3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 406 | 0.2% | 535 | ▼ 24.1% |
| Mexico | 388 | 0.2% | 488 | ▼ 20.5% |
| Austria | 385 | 0.2% | 372 | ▲ 3.5% |
| Jamaica | 367 | 0.2% | 1,018 | ▼ 63.9% |
| Jordan | 352 | 0.1% | 494 | ▼ 28.7% |
| Croatia | 333 | 0.1% | 189 | ▲ 76.2% |
| Zambia | 332 | 0.1% | 635 | ▼ 47.7% |
| Hong Kong | 330 | 0.1% | 358 | ▼ 7.8% |
| Finland | 328 | 0.1% | 302 | ▲ 8.6% |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 299 | 0.1% | 350 | ▼ 14.6% |
| North Macedonia | 298 | 0.1% | 309 | ▼ 3.6% |
| Chile | 297 | 0.1% | 323 | ▼ 8% |
| Ethiopia | 297 | 0.1% | 430 | ▼ 30.9% |
| Lebanon | 288 | 0.1% | 402 | ▼ 28.4% |
| Latvia | 286 | 0.1% | 162 | ▲ 76.5% |
| Hungary | 285 | 0.1% | 348 | ▼ 18.1% |
| Vietnam | 276 | 0.1% | 346 | ▼ 20.2% |
| Cameroon | 268 | 0.1% | 546 | ▼ 50.9% |
| Azerbaijan | 233 | 0.1% | 338 | ▼ 31.1% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 223 | 0.1% | 267 | ▼ 16.5% |
| Lithuania | 216 | 0.1% | 166 | ▲ 30.1% |
| Serbia | 185 | 0.1% | 244 | ▼ 24.2% |
| Tunisia | 179 | 0.1% | 198 | ▼ 9.6% |
| Czechia | 168 | 0.1% | 212 | ▼ 20.8% |
| Albania | 161 | 0.1% | 295 | ▼ 45.4% |
| Uruguay | 155 | 0.1% | 125 | ▲ 24% |
| Iraq | 145 | 0.1% | 327 | ▼ 55.7% |
| Syria | 140 | 0.1% | 286 | ▼ 51% |
| Belarus | 128 | 0.1% | 179 | ▼ 28.5% |
| Georgia | 120 | 0.1% | 113 | ▲ 6.2% |
| Botswana | 118 | 0.1% | 234 | ▼ 49.6% |
| Slovakia | 117 | 0% | 90 | ▲ 30% |
| Estonia | 113 | 0% | 44 | ▲ 156.8% |
| Palestine | 110 | 0% | 187 | ▼ 41.2% |
| Algeria | 108 | 0% | 167 | ▼ 35.3% |
| Malta | 106 | 0% | 122 | ▼ 13.1% |
| Malawi | 104 | 0% | 143 | ▼ 27.3% |
| Peru | 103 | 0% | 117 | ▼ 12% |
| Cuba | 102 | 0% | 93 | ▲ 9.7% |
| Tanzania | 92 | 0% | 135 | ▼ 31.9% |
| Bolivia | 87 | 0% | 100 | ▼ 13% |
| Mongolia | 85 | 0% | 69 | ▲ 23.2% |
| Mauritius | 84 | 0% | 173 | ▼ 51.4% |
| Ecuador | 82 | 0% | 97 | ▼ 15.5% |
| Yemen | 79 | 0% | 109 | ▼ 27.5% |
| Eritrea | 77 | 0% | 81 | ▼ 4.9% |
| Venezuela | 71 | 0% | 89 | ▼ 20.2% |
| Turkmenistan | 69 | 0% | 55 | ▲ 25.5% |
| Afghanistan | 68 | 0% | 249 | ▼ 72.7% |
| Senegal | 68 | 0% | 79 | ▼ 13.9% |
| Cyprus | 66 | 0% | 110 | ▼ 40% |
| Iceland | 64 | 0% | 54 | ▲ 18.5% |
| Luxembourg | 64 | 0% | 59 | ▲ 8.5% |
| Eswatini | 60 | 0% | 157 | ▼ 61.8% |
| Guyana | 58 | 0% | 124 | ▼ 53.2% |
| Gambia, The | 57 | 0% | 79 | ▼ 27.8% |
| Oman | 57 | 0% | 90 | ▼ 36.7% |
| South Sudan | 57 | 0% | 79 | ▼ 27.8% |
| Kuwait | 56 | 0% | 70 | ▼ 20% |
| Libya | 53 | 0% | 150 | ▼ 64.7% |
| Armenia | 49 | 0% | 33 | ▲ 48.5% |
| Slovenia | 48 | 0% | 55 | ▼ 12.7% |
| Costa Rica | 47 | 0% | 53 | ▼ 11.3% |
| Dominica | 44 | 0% | 135 | ▼ 67.4% |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 42 | 0% | 106 | ▼ 60.4% |
| Barbados | 41 | 0% | 63 | ▼ 34.9% |
| Refugee | 40 | 0% | 40 | → 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39 | 0% | 19 | ▲ 105.3% |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 0% | 52 | ▼ 25% |
| Bahrain | 38 | 0% | 68 | ▼ 44.1% |
| Benin | 36 | 0% | 44 | ▼ 18.2% |
| Brunei | 36 | 0% | 51 | ▼ 29.4% |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 36 | 0% | 74 | ▼ 51.4% |
| Dominican Republic | 35 | 0% | 44 | ▼ 20.5% |
| Grenada | 35 | 0% | 29 | ▲ 20.7% |
| Haiti | 32 | 0% | 27 | ▲ 18.5% |
| Lesotho | 32 | 0% | 74 | ▼ 56.8% |
| Belize | 29 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 141.7% |
| St Lucia | 27 | 0% | 50 | ▼ 46% |
| United Arab Emirates | 27 | 0% | 28 | ▼ 3.6% |
| Kosovo | 26 | 0% | 45 | ▼ 42.2% |
| Angola | 25 | 0% | 37 | ▼ 32.4% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 25 | 0% | 34 | ▼ 26.5% |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 0% | 72 | ▼ 65.3% |
| Chad | 23 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 91.7% |
| Qatar | 23 | 0% | 17 | ▲ 35.3% |
| Mali | 22 | 0% | 19 | ▲ 15.8% |
| Gabon | 21 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 200% |
| Mozambique | 21 | 0% | 26 | ▼ 19.2% |
| Namibia | 21 | 0% | 36 | ▼ 41.7% |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 0% | 18 | ▲ 5.6% |
| Cambodia | 19 | 0% | 17 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Djibouti | 19 | 0% | 17 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Montenegro | 19 | 0% | 22 | ▼ 13.6% |
| Honduras | 18 | 0% | 21 | ▼ 14.3% |
| Panama | 18 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 50% |
| Rwanda | 18 | 0% | 45 | ▼ 60% |
| Somalia | 18 | 0% | 44 | ▼ 59.1% |
| Togo | 18 | 0% | 18 | → 0% |
| Fiji | 17 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 41.7% |
| Paraguay | 17 | 0% | 20 | ▼ 15% |
| Congo | 15 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 87.5% |
| Cyprus (Northern part of) | 15 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 6.3% |
| Madagascar | 14 | 0% | 27 | ▼ 48.1% |
| Maldives | 14 | 0% | 22 | ▼ 36.4% |
| Vanuatu | 14 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Guatemala | 13 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 8.3% |
| Laos | 13 | 0% | 11 | ▲ 18.2% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 13 | 0% | 22 | ▼ 40.9% |
| Bhutan | 12 | 0% | 21 | ▼ 42.9% |
| Seychelles | 12 | 0% | 17 | ▼ 29.4% |
| Bahamas, The | 11 | 0% | 15 | ▼ 26.7% |
| El Salvador | 11 | 0% | 14 | ▼ 21.4% |
| Niger | 11 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 52.2% |
| Burundi | 9 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 80% |
| Monaco | 9 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 80% |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 10% |
| Andorra | 8 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 14.3% |
| Liechtenstein | 8 | 0% | — | — |
| Other and unknown | 8 | 0% | 17 | ▼ 52.9% |
| Tonga | 8 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 20% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7 | 0% | 12 | ▼ 41.7% |
| Macau | 7 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 22.2% |
| Stateless | 7 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 22.2% |
| Cape Verde | 6 | 0% | 6 | → 0% |
| Comoros | 6 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 25% |
| Ireland | 6 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 50% |
| Kiribati | 6 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 14.3% |
| North Korea | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| Samoa | 6 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 50% |
| Suriname | 6 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 40% |
| British overseas citizens | 5 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 50% |
| Liberia | 5 | 0% | 12 | ▼ 58.3% |
| Mauritania | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| Former Yugoslavia | 4 | 0% | 35 | ▼ 88.6% |
| Guinea | 4 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 82.6% |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 42.9% |
| San Marino | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Pitcairn Islands (British) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Anguilla (British) | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Bermuda (British) | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| East Timor | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Nauru | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Montserrat (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Niue | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: entry clearance visa outcomes datasets · sheet Data_Vis_D02
- Rows
- Visa type group=Work, 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
- Work visas granted
- API
- /api/metrics/work_visas_by_nationality/vintages