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Creative Worker

UK visa route

Licensed sponsors
1,551
Visas issued, 2025
6,004
Change 2024→2025
-10.1%
Towns with sponsors
363
Sponsors1,551on 26 Oct 2026
Year by year
Data as at 26 Oct 2026
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Licensed sponsors

Organisations licensed for this route on the Home Office register, 26 Oct 2026.

Sponsors by town
  1. London765
  2. Birmingham44
  3. Manchester35
  4. Glasgow25
  5. Bristol22
  6. Leicester20
  7. Edinburgh19
  8. Leeds15
  9. Coventry13
  10. Liverpool12
  11. Belfast12
  12. Cardiff9
  13. Nottingham8
  14. Ipswich6
  15. Brighton6
Sponsors by industry (Companies House SIC section)
  1. Arts, entertainment and recreation351
  2. Information and communication277
  3. Professional, scientific and technical activities107
  4. Administrative and support service activities105
  5. Accommodation and food service activities53
  6. Other service activities35
  7. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles22
  8. Education21
  9. Manufacturing16
  10. Construction7
  11. Human health and social work activities5
  12. Financial and insurance activities5
Source: Home Office, Register of licensed sponsors: workers and students (26 Oct 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; Companies House, basic company data (1 Oct 2026)Data as at 26 Oct 2026

Entry clearance visas issued

Visas issued to main applicants and dependants, calendar years (Home Office). Includes earlier names of the route.

Visas issued by year

4,3858,7702008201020122014201620182020202220242026
4,3858,770200820122016202020242026
Data table
20081
20095,951
20107,757
20118,018
20128,770
20138,728
20148,506
20157,093
20167,005
20176,964
20187,580
20197,960
20203,134
20215,139
20226,434
20237,226
20246,678
20256,004
20262,602
Visas issued 2024–2025 by nationality
  1. India2,988
  2. Nigeria1,517
  3. Pakistan807
  4. China694
  5. United States602
  6. Jamaica533
  7. South Africa473
  8. Ghana439
  9. Zimbabwe436
  10. Ukraine399
  11. Russia229
  12. Iran213
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics (year ending June 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at Jun 2026

Application fees

Main applicant fee from 8 October 2026 (outside and inside the UK), as listed by the Home Office.

FeeAmount
Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker, Religious Worker, Charity Worker, Creative Worker, International Agreement, Government Authorised exchange and Youth Mobility Scheme - main applicant and dependants£340
Temporary Work – Seasonal Worker, Religious Worker, Charity Worker, Creative Worker, International Agreement, Government Authorised exchange and Youth Mobility Scheme - main applicant and dependants£340
Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026Data as at 8 Oct 2026

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