Immigration: Ukraine
(asked on 11th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people from Ukraine are currently living in the UK under temporary visas, and how many of these people have applied for permanent settlement through the long residence application process.
The Home Office publishes statistics relating to entry clearance visas, by nationality, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics’ quarterly release, published on gov.uk. Data on visas issued are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the entry clearance detailed dataset. The latest data relates up to the end of 2024.
Visas granted to Ukraine nationals, by visa type group | ||||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
Family | 283 | 287 | 171 | 27 | 43 | |
Other | 1,747 | 2,324 | 207,802 | 40,118 | 19,636 | |
Study | 1,411 | 904 | 697 | 603 | 580 | |
Work | 6,926 | 20,756 | 8,751 | 3,550 | 1,376 | |
Total | 10,367 | 24,271 | 217,421 | 44,298 | 21,635 | |
Notes: | ||||||
Ukraine scheme visas included under 'Other' visa type group. | ||||||
A visa grant does not necessarily mean that the person arrived or is currently living in the UK. Additionally, some people may have arrived on a visa in earlier years and remain in the UK. Table does not include Visitor visas. | ||||||
Information on Settlement can be found within the ‘How many people are granted settlement or citizenship?’ topic within the Immigration System Statistics publication
Grants of settlement on the basis of long residence to Ukraine nationals
Settlement (on the basis of) | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Long Residence | 33 | 12 | 44 | 27 | 25 |
Notes:
Latest data is up to the end of 2023
A grant of settlement does not necessarily mean that the person is living in the UK.