UK Entry Clearance Visas Issued to U.S. Nationals · Family

## What this measures

The number of entry clearance visas issued outside the UK to U.S. nationals in the Home Office "Family" visa type group in a calendar year.

## Why it matters

The family route on its own: what kind of American the UK is taking in.

## How to read it

Higher means more Americans joining family in the UK. 3,118 in 2005, a low of 1,887 in 2020, then 3,468 in 2023 (the most in records back to 2005) and 3,409 in 2025.

## What it does not say

Data from the first quarter of 2026 onwards are provisional and the latest complete year is revised at the next release. An outcome in a quarter may relate to an application made earlier. It counts visas issued, not arrivals, and excludes visitor visas (U.S. nationals do not need one for short visits) and the Home Office "Other" group (transit, settlement and legacy routes). Nationality is the applicant's, so dual nationals using another passport never appear.

## Source

Home Office, Immigration system statistics data tables, "Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets", sheet Data_Vis_D02 ("Outcomes of applications for entry clearance visas" by year, quarter, nationality, visa type group and case outcome). Nationality = United States, case outcome = Issued, visa type group = Family, summed over the four quarters of each calendar year; a year is published only once all four quarters are in. Palanor finds the current workbook through the GOV.UK content API every Sunday and streams it (it is about 33 MB).

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