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Visas: Russia

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 115954

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were issued to Russian citizens in each of the last three years.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of December 2025.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

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