Home Office · nationality: New Zealand

Work visas granted: New Zealand

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,696visas

Work visas granted for New Zealand totalled 3,696 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 11.1% (461) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=New Zealand
  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 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 2,667 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 2,820 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 1,775 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 1,620 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 2,776 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 2,952 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 1,903 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 1,780 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 3,128 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 2,632 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 1,695 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 1,428 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 1,806 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 2,831 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 1,601 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 1,686 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,974 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 1,736 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 962 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 971 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 2,091 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 1,653 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 1,113 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 976 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 1,969 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 1,595 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 949 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 1,076 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 1,790 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 1,538 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 843 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 995 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 1,648 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 1,634 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 1,026 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 905 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 1,516 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 1,947 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 1,078 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 1,187 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 2,202 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 2,204 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 1,409 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 1,130 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 1,856 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 1,896 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 1,047 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 924 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 1,688 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 1,711 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 1,194 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 871 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 1,597 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 1,628 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 1,103 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 934 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 1,619 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 1,575 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 1,002 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 961 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 738 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 144 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 378 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 252 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 215 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 304 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 260 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 510 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 938 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,386 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 994 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 976 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,901 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 2,330 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,104 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 966 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,961 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,540 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 824 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 736 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,393 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,204 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 781 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 592 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 1,299 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,024 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