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Minister of Religion

UK visa route

Licensed sponsors
1,940
Visas issued, 2025
565
Change 2024→2025
-7.4%
Towns with sponsors
537
Sponsors1,940on 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. London394
  2. Birmingham66
  3. Manchester66
  4. Edinburgh36
  5. Glasgow35
  6. Leicester27
  7. Bristol25
  8. Bradford23
  9. Sheffield21
  10. Oxford20
  11. Nottingham20
  12. Leeds19
  13. Cambridge19
  14. Liverpool19
  15. Belfast19
Sponsors by industry (Companies House SIC section)
  1. Other service activities45
  2. Education14
  3. Human health and social work activities7
  4. Information and communication4
  5. Professional, scientific and technical activities3
  6. Accommodation and food service activities1
  7. Administrative and support service activities1
  8. Extraterritorial organisations1
  9. Real estate activities1
  10. Arts, entertainment and recreation1
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

475950200520072009201120132015201720192021202320252026
4759502005200920132017202120252026
Data table
2005950
2006849
2007794
2008764
2009400
2010368
2011344
2012303
2013441
2014398
2015411
2016340
2017345
2018380
2019421
2020334
2021448
2022526
2023602
2024610
2025565
2026194
Visas issued 2024–2025 by nationality
  1. Nigeria308
  2. United States236
  3. India143
  4. Ghana66
  5. Brazil31
  6. Uganda26
  7. South Africa20
  8. Germany19
  9. Pakistan17
  10. Philippines17
  11. South Korea16
  12. Canada16
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
T2 Minister of Religion - main applicant and dependants£819
T2 Minister of Religion - main applicant and dependants£943
Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), or approval under Sponsor a Worker: > Skilled Worker > T2 Minister of Religion, > Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker£525
Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026Data as at 8 Oct 2026

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