Home Office · nationality: Australia

Work visas granted: Australia

4 periods to 2026 Q2

10,256visas

Work visas granted for Australia totalled 10,256 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 11.2% (1,295) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Australia
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 24 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 9,801 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 8,290 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 6,322 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 6,562 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 7,938 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 9,310 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 6,114 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 6,347 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 9,150 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 7,558 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 4,866 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 4,478 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 6,784 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 6,023 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 4,546 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 4,527 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 6,614 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 5,610 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 3,396 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 3,896 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 5,641 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 5,143 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 3,564 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 3,551 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 5,549 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 4,899 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 3,063 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 3,691 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 4,956 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 4,023 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 2,538 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 3,223 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 4,408 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 4,474 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 3,197 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 3,404 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 4,153 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 5,456 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 3,496 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 4,143 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 5,428 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 4,876 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 3,703 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 4,144 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 5,152 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 4,649 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 3,216 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 3,712 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 4,896 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 3,933 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 3,303 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 3,178 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 3,987 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 3,747 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 3,181 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 3,624 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 3,960 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 3,796 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 3,173 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 3,154 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 2,288 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 554 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,106 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 965 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 648 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 870 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,086 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 1,664 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 2,289 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 2,842 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 3,041 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 3,261 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 4,434 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 3,974 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 2,510 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2,703 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 4,543 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 3,321 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 2,455 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 2,645 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 3,488 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 2,963 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 2,135 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 2,200 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 3,385 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 2,536 visas · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

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.

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
Work visas granted by nationality