UK visa refusal rate by nationality: visitor, student, work and family visas, July 2025 to June 2026

How many UK visa applications were refused, nationality by nationality, from the Home Office's official immigration statistics: visitor visas, student (study) visas and work visas side by side. Updated every quarter.

UK entry clearance visasJuly 2025 to June 2026

Visitor visas · all nationalities: 20.3% refused (558,153 of 2,743,311 decisions)

5.1%study visas refused · 406,888 decisions

10.1%work visas refused · 261,178 decisions

13.8%family visas refused · 66,787 decisions

7.3%partner (spouse) visas refused · 41,983 decisions

17.9%all entry clearance visas refused

3,569,741decisions on all visas

Source: Home Office, Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets, year ending June 2026 (XLSX, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026; next update 26 November 2026). Refusal rate = refused ÷ (granted + refused), as in the Home Office grant rate; withdrawn and lapsed applications are excluded. Figures from 2026 Q1 are provisional.

Statistics, not advice. These are official figures for all applications made in a past period. They cannot predict the decision on your application, and a lower rate does not make a visa easier for you: each application is assessed on its own documents. Always follow the consulate's official requirements.

Refusal rate by nationality

Nationalities with at least 100 decisions on all visa types. "Visitor" = Standard Visitor visas (tourism, family visits, business); "Study" = Student, Child Student and short-term study visas; "Work" = all work routes (Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, temporary work and others). Tap a column heading to sort, or type to filter. * Fewer than 100 decisions of that type.

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India	17.8%	16.5%	626,147	4.5%	87,905	8.5%	51,386	15.7%	774,125
China	7.7%	8.1%	513,734	0.2%	87,297	4.5%	5,497	6.6%	612,414
Turkey	10.3%	10.3%	272,934	2.3%	6,336	7.3%	3,105	10.1%	284,498
Nigeria	37.7%	39.2%	168,745	11.6%	37,434	36.0%	13,497	33.3%	224,665
Pakistan	43.2%	41.1%	150,925	19.0%	26,326	23.4%	13,901	37.4%	203,118
South Africa	4.4%	3.4%	74,412	8.6%	606	5.7%	3,204	4.7%	83,231
Russia	6.8%	7.3%	55,498	4.3%	1,022	2.7%	1,475	6.7%	58,570
Ukraine	6.5%	5.0%	52,802	2.4%	678	2.1%	1,095	11.2%	75,645
Philippines	15.0%	13.7%	51,374	3.8%	453	9.1%	17,063	12.6%	76,397
Thailand	11.6%	9.2%	49,470	0.6%	3,207	7.9%	444	10.8%	54,179
Ghana	42.4%	43.8%	46,282	17.6%	5,043	44.8%	5,007	40.9%	61,440
Indonesia	10.4%	8.0%	41,427	0.7%	2,681	9.1%	1,468	9.8%	46,760
Egypt	23.3%	24.3%	40,313	3.5%	1,575	4.6%	2,455	21.5%	45,241
Bangladesh	54.9%	53.0%	38,986	15.1%	11,800	39.8%	3,925	44.4%	57,717
Morocco	34.0%	32.3%	36,150	4.5%	910	8.3%	564	32.4%	38,653
Albania	26.9%	27.3%	31,711	9.9%	292	33.5%	242	27.1%	33,418
Sri Lanka	29.3%	26.1%	30,130	11.4%	4,181	17.8%	3,242	26.2%	38,852
Colombia	15.8%	15.4%	27,125	5.4%	672	4.9%	467	15.8%	29,780
Kenya	33.7%	30.8%	20,752	10.9%	2,882	11.1%	4,910	27.6%	29,908
Vietnam	15.5%	15.8%	20,638	1.6%	2,553	14.8%	324	13.9%	24,166
Algeria	41.8%	52.2%	20,541	5.7%	739	5.3%	114	39.9%	21,808
Iraq	48.3%	40.7%	18,120	17.5%	762	12.1%	165	41.6%	22,123
Jordan	19.0%	15.9%	16,934	4.0%	1,027	2.5%	361	17.6%	18,726
Kazakhstan	32.1%	30.6%	16,320	2.0%	1,128	2.6%	6,128	23.0%	23,781
Nepal	33.0%	29.2%	15,950	4.6%	17,984	13.6%	2,195	19.6%	40,887
Serbia	4.2%	5.0%	15,822	0.0%	150	2.1%	189	4.2%	16,402
Zimbabwe	36.4%	30.5%	15,792	8.0%	651	33.2%	5,344	34.5%	22,530
Lebanon	16.3%	14.7%	14,724	4.8%	497	5.0%	303	15.7%	15,721
Iran	47.4%	43.2%	13,189	15.7%	1,664	11.0%	1,277	37.3%	18,258
Uzbekistan	31.3%	29.8%	10,766	2.5%	933	1.0%	7,011	18.5%	18,823
Azerbaijan	20.6%	22.0%	10,150	3.8%	902	6.4%	249	18.9%	11,389
Uganda	53.8%	48.3%	9,269	8.7%	597	39.2%	738	49.0%	11,300
Belarus	7.3%	6.0%	9,243	3.6%*	55	3.0%	132	7.3%	9,511
Jamaica	37.4%	30.7%	8,610	4.1%*	74	20.2%	460	34.9%	9,788
Tunisia	25.7%	23.0%	7,958	5.8%	137	9.1%	197	24.4%	8,614
Georgia	23.1%	24.9%	7,782	2.0%	249	1.6%	122	22.1%	8,278
Trinidad and Tobago	12.8%	8.6%	6,885	6.8%	118	7.9%	242	13.0%	8,053
Cameroon	44.3%	43.5%	6,454	27.2%	599	47.2%	508	42.5%	8,117
Ecuador	14.1%	18.7%	6,146	3.9%	129	9.9%*	91	14.5%	6,592
Kosovo	23.2%	25.6%	6,088	0.0%*	39	10.3%*	29	22.9%	6,260
Tanzania	33.7%	30.4%	5,439	4.6%	326	19.3%	114	31.4%	6,106
Sudan	62.1%	57.4%	5,173	31.2%	320	9.9%	775	42.6%	8,705
Congo (Democratic Republic)	56.3%	52.1%	5,148	12.6%*	95	30.8%*	52	54.1%	5,546
Armenia	8.1%	9.7%	5,036	3.5%*	86	5.8%*	52	8.0%	5,226
Venezuela	21.0%	22.7%	4,978	10.5%*	57	5.3%*	75	21.1%	5,306
Ethiopia	56.8%	53.1%	4,941	3.3%	120	39.5%	491	46.1%	6,978
Libya	33.5%	30.5%	4,332	24.9%	289	1.9%*	54	31.7%	4,846
Senegal	60.6%	65.1%	4,278	12.0%*	75	6.8%*	73	64.1%	5,640
Myanmar (Burma)	54.7%	33.3%	4,170	4.7%	1,985	11.3%	337	37.0%	6,616
North Macedonia	8.7%	8.0%	4,071	3.6%*	56	1.3%	302	8.4%	4,497
Syria	50.8%	53.7%	3,977	24.1%	228	13.6%	162	40.1%	6,491
Zambia	28.0%	25.9%	3,581	4.8%	227	26.9%	454	26.2%	4,426
Dominica	25.7%	22.5%	3,504	3.6%	165	8.3%*	48	24.6%	3,753
United States	34.6%	26.5%	3,475	0.5%	16,938	1.4%	11,487	4.7%	36,970
Mongolia	15.7%	14.9%	3,454	5.2%	173	2.3%*	87	14.8%	3,766
Ivory Coast	39.1%	33.0%	3,440	14.9%	148	18.8%*	48	38.9%	3,900
Afghanistan	66.7%	57.7%	3,336	62.3%	453	42.9%	119	29.2%	12,166
Palestine	43.1%	41.7%	3,265	8.6%	360	5.2%	116	35.0%	4,267
Yemen	57.7%	57.0%	3,132	39.8%	123	26.2%	107	35.5%	6,046
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.8%	6.3%	3,111	0.0%*	27	2.5%*	40	6.6%	3,264
Sierra Leone	51.6%	45.9%	3,105	15.1%	152	61.5%*	65	49.6%	3,711
Cambodia	12.4%	9.9%	2,885	1.0%	201	0.0%*	15	11.6%	3,155
Gambia, The	52.1%	50.4%	2,884	1.2%*	82	38.7%*	93	52.8%	4,193
Bolivia	34.6%	28.0%	2,806	10.9%*	46	0.0%*	87	33.3%	3,043
Dominican Republic	12.8%	11.7%	2,689	2.3%*	43	0.0%*	35	19.7%	3,231
Moldova	26.5%	24.6%	2,306	0.0%*	19	0.7%	2,048	16.5%	4,768
Angola	35.2%	33.8%	2,244	11.5%	191	10.7%*	28	33.5%	2,580
Malawi	31.7%	28.6%	2,132	7.6%	185	14.8%	122	28.4%	2,556
Kyrgyzstan	30.5%	23.4%	2,053	3.6%	111	0.8%	14,193	4.5%	16,406
Guinea	54.6%	51.3%	1,861	13.8%*	29	25.0%*	4	55.8%	2,242
Montenegro	5.8%	6.5%	1,765	2.7%*	37	9.5%*	21	5.6%	1,907
Rwanda	33.2%	31.1%	1,758	6.5%	108	21.7%*	23	31.2%	1,989
Honduras	20.2%	15.6%	1,507	15.4%*	13	5.3%*	19	20.1%	1,634
Tajikistan	37.1%	39.6%	1,466	4.8%	166	1.2%	6,501	7.7%	8,194
Botswana	39.3%	68.7%	1,415	4.4%	182	37.9%	190	34.8%	1,932
Namibia	21.7%	19.9%	1,283	13.2%*	38	34.4%*	32	21.5%	1,500
Turkmenistan	27.5%	26.6%	1,273	7.5%*	53	11.5%*	78	24.9%	1,500
Fiji	21.6%	24.4%	1,224	0.0%*	10	0.0%*	17	17.9%	1,533
El Salvador	20.7%	22.5%	1,178	0.0%*	20	8.3%*	12	19.5%	1,286
Mozambique	23.7%	24.8%	1,160	5.7%*	87	16.0%*	25	22.7%	1,292
Israel	5.5%	6.0%	1,158	8.3%	252	2.6%	586	5.0%	2,207
Somalia	64.7%	62.8%	1,009	34.4%	186	21.7%*	23	51.1%	3,992
St Lucia	24.5%	40.0%	970	8.2%*	49	21.4%*	28	22.6%	1,230
Cuba	19.8%	23.3%	909	6.7%*	15	1.9%	104	18.6%	1,116
Togo	56.2%	46.7%	858	5.9%*	17	5.3%*	19	53.3%	933
Benin	45.7%	45.7%	811	12.5%*	32	20.0%*	45	45.5%	979
Congo	44.1%	39.2%	794	36.4%*	22	0.0%*	15	42.9%	863
Mali	41.7%	38.0%	684	37.5%*	32	12.0%*	25	42.2%	782
Eritrea	60.6%	62.5%	682	13.2%*	38	24.5%	102	36.7%	2,486
Laos	17.4%	12.4%	677	0.0%*	53	22.2%*	9	16.2%	771
Madagascar	22.0%	21.1%	658	0.0%*	21	17.6%*	17	21.2%	730
Liberia	40.4%	35.8%	654	22.2%*	18	25.0%*	4	38.6%	736
Australia	25.0%	20.4%	604	0.4%	1,034	1.0%	10,355	2.4%	14,120
Germany	26.1%	19.7%	589	0.5%	4,137	1.3%	3,719	3.1%	9,166
Canada	17.9%	12.6%	508	0.6%	4,010	1.5%	5,181	2.3%	10,614
Burkina Faso	41.5%	50.3%	494	22.2%*	18	0.0%*	19	39.4%	566
Gabon	28.2%	22.3%	468	15.0%*	20	5.3%*	19	26.9%	516
Eswatini	22.4%	16.7%	450	13.3%*	15	11.8%*	68	20.8%	553
Saudi Arabia	7.1%	7.2%	436	2.6%	6,328	0.7%	409	2.7%	7,500
Spain	18.3%	9.1%	420	0.8%	3,344	1.2%	2,531	3.3%	6,866
Hong Kong	15.6%	14.3%	417	0.2%	4,083	1.8%	336	1.4%	8,065
Bulgaria	11.1%	7.5%	388	0.3%	309	6.6%	722	9.6%	1,591
Brazil	27.2%	32.6%	375	2.5%	876	3.7%	1,350	9.3%	4,055
Italy	29.2%	12.3%	373	0.4%	2,751	1.5%	3,357	3.5%	7,323
France	27.2%	12.8%	368	1.2%	4,216	0.9%	5,101	2.4%	10,493
Haiti	27.0%	25.2%	367	0.0%*	13	3.0%*	33	25.7%	448
Cyprus (Northern part of)	30.6%	28.0%	360	28.6%*	7	0.0%*	1	30.2%	377
Netherlands	46.2%	34.4%	327	0.8%	622	2.7%	1,536	8.1%	2,903
Burundi	59.1%	46.7%	298	0.0%*	43	0.0%*	8	47.7%	373
Mauritania	33.4%	28.3%	290	17.3%*	52	0.0%*	5	29.8%	366
Chad	59.3%	47.1%	280	16.7%*	12	0.0%*	23	48.5%	373
Lesotho	23.8%	24.3%	273	0.0%*	6	11.1%*	36	22.4%	335
Vanuatu	21.1%	21.9%	270	0.0%*	8	22.2%*	18	20.8%	308
Poland	39.8%	33.3%	256	0.7%	550	16.1%	1,965	15.8%	3,216
Suriname	21.0%	15.0%	233	0.0%*	1	25.0%*	4	20.9%	239
Romania	66.1%	44.7%	224	0.5%	418	10.5%	1,578	19.3%	2,928
Bhutan	23.2%	17.4%	220	1.0%	102	29.4%*	17	17.1%	350
Japan	19.6%	17.1%	219	0.8%	2,618	0.8%	4,986	1.4%	8,311
Kuwait	6.5%	5.8%	216	0.8%	5,172	1.8%*	57	2.0%	5,607
South Sudan	56.0%	52.8%	216	7.8%*	51	5.0%*	60	37.7%	382
Comoros	24.6%	30.0%	211	0.0%*	2	28.6%*	7	24.6%	224
Djibouti	54.2%	56.4%	203	0.0%*	6	7.1%*	14	48.2%	253
Cape Verde	32.0%	39.7%	200	0.0%*	1	0.0%*	4	34.5%	238
Norway	55.2%	45.2%	194	0.3%	898	3.3%	481	7.4%	1,924
Niger	44.2%	40.9%	190	10.0%*	10	38.9%*	18	41.3%	223
Nicaragua	17.3%	33.3%	185	9.1%*	11	0.0%*	2	16.7%	209
Sweden	58.9%	42.1%	185	0.4%	453	1.0%	782	9.0%	1,674
East Timor	55.5%	61.4%	182	0.0%*	2	100.0%*	1	51.6%	1,015
Guinea-Bissau	53.9%	55.9%	180	0.0%*	2	0.0%*	1	62.7%	365
South Korea	15.1%	22.4%	179	0.5%	3,895	0.9%	2,445	1.1%	6,839
United Arab Emirates	2.9%	1.6%	172	2.5%	237	3.6%*	28	3.0%	496
New Zealand	27.4%	36.2%	168	0.9%	224	1.2%	3,739	2.5%	4,638
Malaysia	35.3%	31.9%	156	0.2%	4,872	2.7%	865	1.7%	6,222
Belgium	47.2%	19.5%	144	1.1%	467	1.0%	910	6.0%	1,676
Mexico	24.8%	26.2%	117	1.4%	1,281	2.8%	399	3.7%	2,077
Taiwan	17.1%	7.1%	111	0.4%	3,024	1.0%	1,063	1.1%	4,306
Portugal	49.1%	29.4%	106	1.1%	757	5.6%	733	10.4%	1,969
Equatorial Guinea	42.1%*	29.2%	95	0.0%*	7	–	0	42.5%	120
Switzerland	23.7%*	21.7%	93	0.8%	983	1.2%	562	2.7%	1,746
Qatar	14.1%*	10.4%	92	1.5%	926	4.2%*	24	2.7%	1,094
Singapore	35.2%*	38.4%	91	0.3%	2,358	1.8%	602	1.7%	3,199
Denmark	42.4%*	45.8%	85	1.0%	209	1.6%	572	5.7%	998
Central African Republic	30.1%*	37.5%	83	0.0%*	2	–	0	24.0%	121
Czechia	28.1%*	37.5%	64	0.4%	277	4.5%	176	7.0%	598
Austria	30.2%*	20.6%	63	0.5%	443	1.8%	392	4.1%	971
Finland	41.0%*	16.7%	61	0.0%	133	0.6%	330	5.8%	620
Hungary	42.6%*	27.8%	61	0.0%	255	3.7%	296	10.5%	798
Oman	6.6%*	3.7%	61	0.6%	1,311	0.0%*	57	0.8%	1,504
Peru	36.7%*	35.1%	60	0.5%	552	5.5%	109	6.1%	880
Greece	29.8%*	17.5%	57	0.5%	943	1.9%	645	3.5%	1,912
Slovakia	36.8%*	8.2%	57	0.7%	151	5.6%	124	11.6%	398
Bahrain	12.7%*	9.8%	55	0.2%	416	0.0%*	38	2.0%	543
Argentina	24.4%*	24.3%	45	0.9%	115	0.8%	887	2.4%	1,139
Latvia	50.0%*	13.0%	38	0.0%*	79	36.2%	448	33.4%	649
Lithuania	48.6%*	37.9%	37	0.6%	154	28.7%	303	21.8%	588
Malta	45.5%*	27.3%	33	0.0%	108	5.4%	112	8.0%	286
Mauritius	43.8%*	41.2%	32	1.1%	351	5.6%*	89	7.2%	552
St Kitts and Nevis	30.0%*	8.3%	30	5.5%	183	22.2%*	54	11.5%	279
Chile	37.9%*	35.0%	29	1.6%	441	2.6%	305	3.4%	884
Cyprus	39.3%*	30.8%	28	0.3%	727	7.0%*	71	3.3%	877
Estonia	58.3%*	25.0%	12	0.0%*	70	11.0%	127	10.0%	239
Barbados	81.8%*	50.0%	11	1.4%*	74	14.3%*	28	9.9%	161
Guyana	63.6%*	35.3%	11	0.0%*	30	24.7%*	77	18.8%	149
Croatia	50.0%*	23.8%	8	0.0%*	81	10.7%	373	9.2%	501
Iceland	50.0%*	50.0%	8	1.1%*	87	0.0%*	64	4.0%	174
Panama	66.7%*	75.0%	6	6.5%*	77	0.0%*	18	9.5%	116
Slovenia	33.3%*	0.0%	6	0.0%*	55	2.0%*	49	3.2%	126
Brunei	40.0%*	33.3%	5	0.0%	236	7.7%*	39	1.8%	326
Uruguay	20.0%*	20.0%	5	9.1%*	22	1.3%	157	2.6%	189
Grenada	50.0%*	50.0%	4	7.9%*	76	0.0%*	27	8.1%	124
Luxembourg	0.0%*	50.0%	4	1.6%	124	1.5%*	65	2.0%	202
St Vincent and the Grenadines	75.0%*	100.0%	4	4.5%*	22	23.5%*	17	11.7%	103
Costa Rica	33.3%*	50.0%	3	6.3%*	63	0.0%*	47	5.0%	119
Macau	–	0.0%	0	0.7%	144	0.0%*	3	0.7%	153
Maldives	–	–	0	2.2%	183	6.7%*	15	2.4%	205

Family and partner (spouse) visas

From July 2025 to June 2026 the UK refused 13.8% of family visa decisions (9,197 of 66,787) and 7.3% of partner (spouse) visa decisions (3,081 of 41,983). The family group also includes children, other relatives and refugee family reunion, which is why its rate is higher than the partner rate. UK family and spouse visa refusal rates for every nationality.

Nationality	Family visas refused	Family decisions	Partner visas refused	Partner decisions
Pakistan	9.4%	9,103	6.3%	7,305
Afghanistan	18.1%	4,138	11.4%	1,065
Nepal	39.6%	3,662	2.4%	1,077
United States	4.7%	3,659	4.1%	3,401
India	8.1%	2,975	6.6%	2,603
Iraq	7.4%	2,574	5.7%	2,265
Ghana	17.9%	2,182	7.8%	1,619
Iran	6.6%	2,022	6.2%	520
Yemen	5.6%	2,014	6.5%*	230
Sudan	12.7%	1,998	10.9%*	312

The 10 nationalities with the most family visa decisions. "Family" is the Home Office group for people joining a British citizen or a person settled in the UK (partners, children and other relatives) and for refugee family reunion; "partner" is the Home Office visa type "Family: Partner", the route for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners. * Fewer than 500 decisions.

"Year before" = July 2024 to June 2025 (visitor visas). Nationals of many countries (for example the EU, the US, Canada and Australia) do not need a visa for short visits and travel with an electronic travel authorisation instead, so they appear with few or no visitor decisions but often with thousands of study and work decisions.

How to read these figures

The Home Office counts applicants by nationality, wherever they applied. An outcome in a quarter can relate to an application made in an earlier quarter.
The refusal rate is the share of decisions (grants and refusals) that were refusals: withdrawn and lapsed applications are left out, as in the Home Office "grant rate".
Figures from 2026 Q1 onwards are provisional and can be revised in the next release (26 November 2026).

Other destinations

Australia: student visa refusal rate by nationality20.7% refused in 2025-26 · 43 nationalities New Zealand: visitor, student and work visas11.3% of visitor visas declined in 2025/26 Canada: temporary resident approval rate by country59.6% approved in 2025

Schengen visa refusal rates · UK Skilled Worker salary threshold · UK spouse visa income requirement