"Figure 5: Visas applied for and granted decreased during Quarter 2 2020 ","" "Visas granted for work, study and family by quarter, UK, 2018 to 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Work visa data exclude temporary worker visas for main applicants only. Study visa data is based on visas granted for sponsored study (Tier 4) and exclude non-PBS study. 2. More information on these data is available on the [Home Office Immigration Statistics webpages](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2020). 3. Visa applications centres were closed by the end of March (although have since reopened since June 2020), and restrictions were put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic, both of which affected caseworkers' ability to conclude an application during this period." "Unit","Counts " "","" "","Family","Sponsored Study","Work ex Temporary" "2018 Q1","9896","13178","27292" "2018 Q2","10227","33828","38690" "2018 Q3","11306","174532","37147" "2018 Q4","12196","19263","31266" "2019 Q1","13680","16076","31925" "2019 Q2","12039","43064","41573" "2019 Q3","14128","197948","40336" "2019 Q4","15796","27633","35258" "2020 Q1","14168","29614","33575" "2020 Q2","1258","581","2097" "2020 Q3","11585","118273","3228" "2020 Q4","13244","83724","30719" "","undefined","undefined","undefined"