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Home Office · nationality: China

Work visas granted: China

4 periods to 2026 Q2

5,251visas

Work visas granted for China totalled 5,251 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 11.6% (686) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=China
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 25 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 976 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 1,201 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 1,234 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 1,364 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 1,484 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 1,500 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 2,105 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 1,478 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 1,568 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 1,428 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 1,712 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 1,491 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 2,034 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 1,420 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 1,804 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 1,201 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,207 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1,298 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 1,325 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 972 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 1,369 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 1,124 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 1,515 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 1,121 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 1,503 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 953 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 1,400 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 906 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 1,806 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 1,189 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 1,084 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 792 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 976 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 1,025 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 1,481 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 935 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 1,080 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 1,237 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 1,744 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 1,629 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 1,193 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 1,018 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 1,580 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 1,169 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 1,005 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 1,025 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 1,936 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 1,244 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 1,079 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 1,101 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 2,025 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1,105 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1,131 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 1,208 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 2,381 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 1,432 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 1,418 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 1,373 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 2,254 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1,384 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 486 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 159 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 967 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 703 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 553 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 818 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,122 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 1,123 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 774 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 784 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,764 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 1,383 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,476 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,470 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 2,307 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 1,400 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,485 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,621 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,897 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,335 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,287 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,418 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,991 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 1,078 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,139 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,043 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