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Home Office · nationality: South Korea

Work visas granted: South Korea

4 periods to 2026 Q2

2,423visas

Work visas granted for South Korea totalled 2,423 visas in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 4.8% (123) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Vis_D02
  3. Visa type group=Work, Case outcome=Issued; Nationality=South Korea
  4. column “Decisions”
  5. sum of 22 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Work visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 284 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 406 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 398 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 333 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 414 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 357 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 332 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 376 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 463 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 299 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 358 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 186 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 189 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 157 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 230 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 165 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 324 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 286 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 365 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 208 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 448 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 282 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 382 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 330 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 478 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 348 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 368 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 283 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 374 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 327 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 465 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 481 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 398 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 1,073 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 679 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 382 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 453 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 1,098 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 412 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 528 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 519 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 879 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 476 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 501 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 442 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 874 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 450 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 552 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 466 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 906 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 527 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 341 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 500 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 692 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 649 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 410 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 553 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 693 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 578 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 369 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 301 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 61 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 525 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 469 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 400 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 541 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 556 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 528 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 377 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 647 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 446 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 498 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 463 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 601 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 438 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 489 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 898 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 816 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 656 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 570 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 630 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 690 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 641 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 497 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 699 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 586 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