Work visas granted for Botswana totalled 118 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 49.6% (116) on the 4 periods before.
Home Office dataset
Data_Vis_D02
Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Botswana
column “Decisions”
sum of 4 rows per period
published 27 August 2026
2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpinThe chart as a table
Period
Work visas granted by nationality
2005 Q1
46 visas
2005 Q2
36 visas
2005 Q3
51 visas
2005 Q4
35 visas
2006 Q1
48 visas
2006 Q2
28 visas
2006 Q3
32 visas
2006 Q4
91 visas
2007 Q1
86 visas
2007 Q2
96 visas
2007 Q3
54 visas
2007 Q4
55 visas
2008 Q1
38 visas
2008 Q2
22 visas
2008 Q3
14 visas
2008 Q4
17 visas
2009 Q1
12 visas
2009 Q2
8 visas
2009 Q3
8 visas
2009 Q4
6 visas
2010 Q1
6 visas
2010 Q2
9 visas
2010 Q3
16 visas
2010 Q4
11 visas
2011 Q1
7 visas
2011 Q2
3 visas
2011 Q3
13 visas
2011 Q4
1 visas
2012 Q1
14 visas
2012 Q2
4 visas
2012 Q3
9 visas
2012 Q4
3 visas
2013 Q1
3 visas
2013 Q2
6 visas
2013 Q3
2 visas
2013 Q4
2 visas
2014 Q1
4 visas
2014 Q2
7 visas
2014 Q3
4 visas
2014 Q4
3 visas
2015 Q1
9 visas
2015 Q2
3 visas
2015 Q3
5 visas
2015 Q4
1 visas
2016 Q1
4 visas
2016 Q2
5 visas
2016 Q3
7 visas
2016 Q4
1 visas
2017 Q1
7 visas
2017 Q2
7 visas
2017 Q3
16 visas
2017 Q4
14 visas
2018 Q1
10 visas
2018 Q2
9 visas
2018 Q3
9 visas
2018 Q4
7 visas
2019 Q1
15 visas
2019 Q2
12 visas
2019 Q3
16 visas
2019 Q4
25 visas
2020 Q1
18 visas
2020 Q3
4 visas
2020 Q4
16 visas
2021 Q1
11 visas
2021 Q2
17 visas
2021 Q3
26 visas
2021 Q4
52 visas
2022 Q1
96 visas
2022 Q2
63 visas
2022 Q3
90 visas
2022 Q4
154 visas
2023 Q1
160 visas
2023 Q2
147 visas
2023 Q3
185 visas
2023 Q4
184 visas
2024 Q1
174 visas
2024 Q2
92 visas
2024 Q3
77 visas
2024 Q4
77 visas
2025 Q1
48 visas
2025 Q2
32 visas
2025 Q3
43 visas
2025 Q4
29 visas
2026 Q1
30 visas
2026 Q2
16 visas
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.