UK Entry Clearance Visa Statistics for Applications, Issues, and Refusals

Home Office statistics covering applications, issues, and refusals of entry clearance visas granted outside the UK, as well as non-asylum passengers initially refused entry at ports. The data is released by the UK Home Office and was last updated on 2026-07-08. Prior to travel, individuals may require a visa depending on nationality, purpose, and length of stay, and must satisfy a Border Force Officer on arrival.

Use Cases

• Model visa application approval rates based on nationality and visit purpose mentioned in the description
• Analyze trends in entry refusals at UK ports and juxtaposed controls in France or Belgium
• Forecast demand for entry clearance visas based on historical application volumes

Strengths

• Official statistics from the UK Home Office, an authoritative government source.
• Covers multiple facets of the entry process: applications, issues, refusals, and port refusals.
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and procedural bias inherent to UK border data collection.

Provenance

Source

Home Office

Collection Method

Administrative records from UK visa processing and border control.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:00.187086; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, with data on visas granted outside the UK and refusals at UK ports and juxtaposed controls in France or Belgium.