Home Office · nationality: Bulgaria

Work visas granted: Bulgaria

4 periods to 2026 Q2

674visas

Work visas granted for Bulgaria totalled 674 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 10.3% (77) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Bulgaria
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 10 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 1,853 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 2,335 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 920 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 757 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 2,027 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 2,060 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 921 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 530 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 3 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 3 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 5 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 4 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 5 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 3 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 2 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 17 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 58 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 496 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 178 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 678 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 227 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 676 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 219 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 111 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 200 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 565 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 92 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 238 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 172 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 487 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 65 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 128 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 157 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 401 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 68 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 146 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 145 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 315 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
Work visas granted: Bulgaria | Civometry