Entry clearance visas granted by main route, UK
Entry clearance visas the UK granted for work, study, family and visits, and all visas, each calendar year since 2014, from the Home Office's immigration system statistics.
All visas
3,065,566
2025
Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 02:02 UTC- Work
- Study
- Family
- Visitors
- All visas
Source: Home Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
12 periods, newest first
| Period | Work | Study | Family | Visitors | All visas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 260,430 | 427,340 | 65,971 | 2,239,582 | 3,065,566 |
| 2024 | 368,139 | 418,932 | 85,161 | 2,159,540 | 3,127,472 |
| 2023 | 613,627 | 604,253 | 80,083 | 1,954,981 | 3,387,452 |
| 2022 | 421,565 | 623,698 | 47,119 | 1,396,161 | 2,823,696 |
| 2021 | 239,193 | 435,110 | 42,182 | 401,977 | 1,299,945 |
| 2020 | 114,528 | 250,121 | 37,087 | 500,596 | 961,644 |
| 2019 | 192,559 | 404,410 | 55,643 | 2,413,461 | 3,171,639 |
| 2018 | 175,812 | 354,878 | 43,620 | 2,239,639 | 2,901,995 |
| 2017 | 164,943 | 330,101 | 40,123 | 2,095,584 | 2,707,867 |
| 2016 | 163,922 | 294,454 | 37,781 | 1,902,728 | 2,478,973 |
| 2015 | 165,900 | 272,919 | 37,711 | 1,913,774 | 2,468,347 |
| 2014 | 167,146 | 293,648 | 34,852 | 1,878,551 | 2,448,563 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Home Office
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 4 November 2026, 01:58 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tablesSHA-256 227db69d3415bc20cd0891768f1d87e98187ee4669691d23f8ac9ddb5360d496 · 126,811 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a85c6003d82f78d5c514552/visas-summary-jun-2026-tables.odsSHA-256 0f5b1a1bb90ac7634890ef67acfe124cbdf43d7333b502b66c50f71ffcbb56da · 50,290 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 4 November 2026, 02:02 UTC Run at 4 November 2026, 02:02 UTC; 60 of 60 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Home Office; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-04T01:58:24Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 60 of 60 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 60 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 60 of 60 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2025 ended 308 days before retrieval (limit 450), from Entry clearance visas summary tables, year ending June 2026 |
| Not run | Second official route | no second route is published: Vis_01 is the Home Office's only table of visas granted by route; its record-level file (33 MB) gives the same routes, which the hub would have to add up |
| Pass | The routes add up to all visas | 14 of 14 cases of Vis_01's periods, its ten routes sum to its total ('z', a route not yet open, as none) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Visas granted to main applicants and their dependants for entry to the UK, as Table Vis_01 gives them. A visa is not a person arriving: some are not used, and some routes need no visa. All visas includes the other routes (EEA family permits, EU Settlement Scheme permits, BN(O) visas, the Ukraine schemes, transit and other visas), shown on their own page.