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Home Office · nationality: Hong Kong

Work visas granted: Hong Kong

4 periods to 2026 Q2

330visas

Work visas granted for Hong Kong totalled 330 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 7.8% (28) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Hong Kong
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 13 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600200520102015202020252005 Q1: 158 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 246 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 186 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 167 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 160 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 154 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 171 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 149 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 193 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 131 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 206 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 140 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 126 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 96 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 148 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 104 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 130 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 144 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 132 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 111 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 137 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 121 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 104 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 129 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 154 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 139 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 107 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 159 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 143 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 147 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 114 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 163 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 187 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 214 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 194 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 600 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 463 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 455 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 303 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 499 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 635 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 381 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 294 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 524 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 526 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 365 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 319 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 511 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 546 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 497 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 304 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 494 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 564 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 455 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 368 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 561 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 688 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 532 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 358 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 225 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 464 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 284 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 173 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 280 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 275 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 159 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 182 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 234 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 276 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 223 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 161 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 170 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 155 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 71 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 90 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 88 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 98 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 69 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 78 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 113 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 92 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 60 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 80 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 98 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