"Figure 4.2: Short-term UK entry clearance visas issued for work, study and student visitors, by reason, 2005 to 2014","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. YE = year ending 2. Excludes student visitors who are allowed to come to the UK for 6 months (or 11 months if they will be studying an English Language course) and cannot extend their stay 3. The Student visitor category provides for persons who wish to come to the UK as a visitor and undertake a short period of study that will be completed within the period of their leave. It includes those who applied on the 'Short term student' endorsement prior to the introduction of the ‘Student visitor’ endorsement in September 2007 4. Figures may be slightly different from those published in Immigration Statistics January-March 2015 due to timing differences and use of different (but closely comparable) extracts to produce figures 5. Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU at the start of 2007, meaning that Bulgarian and Romanian nationals no longer required visas to enter the UK, though they have been subject to transitional controls that ended on 31 December 2013" "Unit","Visas issued" "","" "Rolling Year Ending","Work","Study (1)","Student visitors (2)" "Q4 2005","64365","61679","15818" "Q1 2006","67320","63669","16048" "Q2 2006","66344","63575","22427" "Q3 2006","68286","66418","22765" "Q4 2006","68276","67737","23199" "Q1 2007","65607","67438","23451" "Q2 2007","59043","64189","26257" "Q3 2007","55917","64591","30510" "Q4 2007","53973","64054","33105" "Q1 2008","48949","63642","35867" "Q2 2008","45811","60380","36886" "Q3 2008","45731","59679","40971" "Q4 2008","45714","61894","42160" "Q1 2009","43342","62583","42140" "Q2 2009","39538","58219","39953" "Q3 2009","35321","66744","37785" "Q4 2009","34402","66969","37681" "Q1 2010","36051","64938","38738" "Q2 2010","37703","68296","41840" "Q3 2010","38827","67864","46343" "Q4 2010","39330","65409","49159" "Q1 2011","39964","65695","51104" "Q2 2011","41472","68130","55047" "Q3 2011","42380","62854","59674" "Q4 2011","43561","58029","61375" "Q1 2012","46850","52044","65331" "Q2 2012","49729","52751","68954" "Q3 2012","53420","52768","66522" "Q4 2012","56796","53371","68335" "Q1 2013","58099","53719","69497" "Q2 2013","58388","56229","72459" "Q3 2013","61317","61289","76611" "Q4 2013","61820","62196","77557" "Q1 2014","63360","62447","79343" "Q2 2014","63765","60905","78029" "Q3 2014","64403","61458","75435" "Q4 2014","65190","61293","73583"