Home Office · nationality: Iran

Work visas granted: Iran

4 periods to 2026 Q2

1,136visas

Work visas granted for Iran totalled 1,136 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 22.6% (331) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=Iran
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 18 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400200520102015202020252005 Q1: 65 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 100 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 138 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 85 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 73 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 170 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 190 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 193 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 230 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 243 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 225 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 194 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 230 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 248 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 270 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 226 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 190 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 192 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 137 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 103 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 121 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 178 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 240 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 139 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 167 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 200 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 126 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 106 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 87 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 132 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 128 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 141 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 140 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 118 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 187 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 118 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 151 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 123 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 145 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 185 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 159 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 109 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 146 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 146 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 132 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 119 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 116 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 117 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 129 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 105 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 140 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 143 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 121 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 193 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 186 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 214 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 175 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 266 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 234 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 233 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 113 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 6 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 150 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 184 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 168 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 266 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 295 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 298 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 268 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 410 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 498 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 402 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 440 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 467 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 504 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 510 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 509 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 402 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 410 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 368 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 287 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 292 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 343 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 294 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 207 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