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UK visa route

Licensed sponsors
134
Visas issued, 2025
219
Change 2024→2025
-39.3%
Towns with sponsors
19
Sponsors134on 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. London115
  2. Leeds2
  3. Salford1
  4. Andover1
  5. Hexham1
  6. Ripponden1
  7. Exeter1
  8. 1
  9. Abingdon1
  10. Immingham1
  11. Macclesfield1
  12. Par1
  13. Farnborough1
  14. Dundee1
  15. Cambridge1
Sponsors by industry (Companies House SIC section)
  1. Manufacturing3
  2. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles2
  3. Professional, scientific and technical activities2
  4. Transportation and storage1
  5. Mining and quarrying1
  6. Public administration and defence1
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

2735462009201120132015201720192021202320252026
2735462009201220152018202120242026
Data table
2009445
2010453
2011465
2012423
2013490
2014460
2015463
2016413
2017415
2018467
2019546
2020237
2021436
2022461
2023473
2024361
2025219
202689
Visas issued 2024–2025 by nationality
  1. Turkey102
  2. Nigeria69
  3. Japan64
  4. Philippines58
  5. Indonesia23
  6. Spain22
  7. India21
  8. Netherlands20
  9. Ghana17
  10. Sri Lanka17
  11. Italy16
  12. Thailand14
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics (year ending June 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at Jun 2026

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