Home Office · nationality: France

Work visas granted: France

4 periods to 2026 Q2

5,054visas

Work visas granted for France totalled 5,054 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 3.2% (169) on the 4 periods before.

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

2009 Q2 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2009 Q2 to 2026 Q2LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k20102015202020252009 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 1 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 68 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 460 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 985 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,817 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 1,302 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,092 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,160 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 2,137 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 1,233 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,184 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,385 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,639 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 941 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,020 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,429 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,748 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 984 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 953 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,538 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,582 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 983 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,037 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,452 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