The Home Office has published advance notices for its monthly entry-clearance visa statistics covering February and March 2026, with provisional release dates set for March and April respectively. While routine, these publications are closely watched by corporate mobility teams for early signals on processing volumes, refusal rates and backlogs across work, study and family routes.
The February dataset will be the first to capture post-holiday demand and may show how the looming 25 February ETA enforcement is affecting visitor-visa applications. March figures should give an initial read-out on the impact of the new, higher Skilled Worker salary thresholds introduced on 1 January and any behavioural shifts ahead of the April immigration-health-surcharge increase.
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If your organisation needs hands-on support interpreting the shifting UK visa landscape or handling individual applications, VisaHQ’s specialist team can help. Their platform streamlines document collection, monitors application milestones in real time and offers policy alerts that complement the Home Office’s monthly releases—see https://www.visahq.com/united-kingdom/ for details.
Analysts at several Big Four firms plan to benchmark the monthly data against internal case-load metrics to forecast turnaround times and inform client budgeting for Certificate of Sponsorship allocations. HR practitioners are advised to diarise the releases and review any sharp movements—particularly in priority-service utilisation—that could influence assignment start dates.
The announcements also confirm the continuing transition to a more granular monthly reporting cycle, replacing the quarterly aggregates used before 2024. That shift has improved visibility but requires mobility managers to update dashboards more frequently.
The February dataset will be the first to capture post-holiday demand and may show how the looming 25 February ETA enforcement is affecting visitor-visa applications. March figures should give an initial read-out on the impact of the new, higher Skilled Worker salary thresholds introduced on 1 January and any behavioural shifts ahead of the April immigration-health-surcharge increase.
If your organisation needs hands-on support interpreting the shifting UK visa landscape or handling individual applications, VisaHQ’s specialist team can help. Their platform streamlines document collection, monitors application milestones in real time and offers policy alerts that complement the Home Office’s monthly releases—see https://www.visahq.com/united-kingdom/ for details.
Analysts at several Big Four firms plan to benchmark the monthly data against internal case-load metrics to forecast turnaround times and inform client budgeting for Certificate of Sponsorship allocations. HR practitioners are advised to diarise the releases and review any sharp movements—particularly in priority-service utilisation—that could influence assignment start dates.
The announcements also confirm the continuing transition to a more granular monthly reporting cycle, replacing the quarterly aggregates used before 2024. That shift has improved visibility but requires mobility managers to update dashboards more frequently.
