US EditionUK Visa Applications Down by over 100,000 Amid Stricter New Immigration Rules
Visa applications dropped to 737,100 in 2025, driven by stricter immigration rules including ending overseas care worker recruitment and raising salary thresholds.
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The NationalSharp fall in 2025 for skilled worker and healthcare visa applications
Applicants across all visa categories fell 12% from 840,000 in 2024 to 737,100 in 2025. Applications for visas to come to the UK as a skilled worker or health and care worker fell sharply in 2025, following a further tightening of migration controls, new figures show. Some 61,000 people applied for the health and care worker visa last year, either as a main applicant or dependant, down just over a half (51%) on 123,300 in 2024. The number applyi…
Visa applications to enter the United Kingdom fell in 2025 to 737,100, 12% less than the previous year, with a 36% decrease in the category of qualified workers, according to data published on Thursday by the Ministry of the Interior. Entry Falling more than 12% visa applications to the United Kingdom under new restrictions was first published in the Digital Process.
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