Home Office · nationality: India
Work visas granted: India
4 periods to 2026 Q2
47,009 visas
Work visas granted for India totalled 47,009 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 22.9% (13,962) on the 4 periods before.
- Home Office dataset
- Data_Vis_D02
- Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=India
- column “Decisions”
- sum of 32 rows per period
- published 27 August 2026
2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2
The chart as a table
| Period | Work visas granted by nationality |
|---|---|
| 2005 Q1 | 11,742 visas |
| 2005 Q2 | 14,278 visas |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,415 visas |
| 2005 Q4 | 11,925 visas |
| 2006 Q1 | 15,078 visas |
| 2006 Q2 | 18,517 visas |
| 2006 Q3 | 17,197 visas |
| 2006 Q4 | 14,681 visas |
| 2007 Q1 | 16,025 visas |
| 2007 Q2 | 14,755 visas |
| 2007 Q3 | 13,127 visas |
| 2007 Q4 | 10,670 visas |
| 2008 Q1 | 12,469 visas |
| 2008 Q2 | 14,166 visas |
| 2008 Q3 | 13,017 visas |
| 2008 Q4 | 13,179 visas |
| 2009 Q1 | 13,203 visas |
| 2009 Q2 | 14,149 visas |
| 2009 Q3 | 11,332 visas |
| 2009 Q4 | 11,407 visas |
| 2010 Q1 | 12,232 visas |
| 2010 Q2 | 15,139 visas |
| 2010 Q3 | 14,812 visas |
| 2010 Q4 | 11,670 visas |
| 2011 Q1 | 12,478 visas |
| 2011 Q2 | 13,686 visas |
| 2011 Q3 | 12,969 visas |
| 2011 Q4 | 10,409 visas |
| 2012 Q1 | 12,153 visas |
| 2012 Q2 | 13,737 visas |
| 2012 Q3 | 12,510 visas |
| 2012 Q4 | 10,227 visas |
| 2013 Q1 | 12,576 visas |
| 2013 Q2 | 14,581 visas |
| 2013 Q3 | 14,540 visas |
| 2013 Q4 | 11,864 visas |
| 2014 Q1 | 14,060 visas |
| 2014 Q2 | 15,627 visas |
| 2014 Q3 | 15,590 visas |
| 2014 Q4 | 14,163 visas |
| 2015 Q1 | 14,865 visas |
| 2015 Q2 | 14,973 visas |
| 2015 Q3 | 15,527 visas |
| 2015 Q4 | 13,139 visas |
| 2016 Q1 | 14,448 visas |
| 2016 Q2 | 16,575 visas |
| 2016 Q3 | 15,529 visas |
| 2016 Q4 | 12,890 visas |
| 2017 Q1 | 14,840 visas |
| 2017 Q2 | 16,460 visas |
| 2017 Q3 | 15,173 visas |
| 2017 Q4 | 12,640 visas |
| 2018 Q1 | 13,579 visas |
| 2018 Q2 | 18,933 visas |
| 2018 Q3 | 16,686 visas |
| 2018 Q4 | 13,246 visas |
| 2019 Q1 | 14,846 visas |
| 2019 Q2 | 18,640 visas |
| 2019 Q3 | 16,852 visas |
| 2019 Q4 | 14,350 visas |
| 2020 Q1 | 12,741 visas |
| 2020 Q2 | 111 visas |
| 2020 Q3 | 10,269 visas |
| 2020 Q4 | 11,834 visas |
| 2021 Q1 | 12,347 visas |
| 2021 Q2 | 11,182 visas |
| 2021 Q3 | 22,525 visas |
| 2021 Q4 | 23,917 visas |
| 2022 Q1 | 28,736 visas |
| 2022 Q2 | 35,469 visas |
| 2022 Q3 | 39,598 visas |
| 2022 Q4 | 33,866 visas |
| 2023 Q1 | 41,065 visas |
| 2023 Q2 | 42,998 visas |
| 2023 Q3 | 44,613 visas |
| 2023 Q4 | 33,979 visas |
| 2024 Q1 | 29,505 visas |
| 2024 Q2 | 22,724 visas |
| 2024 Q3 | 16,495 visas |
| 2024 Q4 | 12,412 visas |
| 2025 Q1 | 14,200 visas |
| 2025 Q2 | 17,864 visas |
| 2025 Q3 | 12,879 visas |
| 2025 Q4 | 9,481 visas |
| 2026 Q1 | 10,765 visas |
| 2026 Q2 | 13,884 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.
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