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Home Office · nationality: South Africa

Work visas granted: South Africa

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,021visas

Work visas granted for South Africa totalled 3,021 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 32.2% (1,434) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=South Africa
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 21 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 8,903 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 7,263 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 5,368 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 5,428 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 6,413 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 4,215 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 3,127 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 3,700 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 4,601 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 3,042 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 2,334 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 2,999 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 3,632 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 3,087 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 3,651 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 4,201 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,524 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 956 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 1,056 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 908 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 900 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 787 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 863 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 739 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 784 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 656 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 562 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 583 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 570 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 628 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 511 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 511 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 555 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 678 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 619 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 587 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 587 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 798 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 718 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 760 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 808 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 799 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 841 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 828 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 902 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 970 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 990 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 835 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 858 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 871 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 896 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 866 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 850 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 933 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 970 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 1,211 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 1,002 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 1,055 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 1,211 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 1,235 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 810 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 19 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,265 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 1,577 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 1,153 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 1,283 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,551 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 2,073 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 2,177 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 2,312 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 3,007 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 2,550 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 2,646 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 2,586 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 2,520 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2,183 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,923 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,825 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,105 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 984 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 983 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,383 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 751 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 557 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 892 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 821 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