"Figure 7: Work, study, and visiting friends or relatives remain the top reasons for visiting for 3 to 12 months","" "Short-Term immigration for 3 to 12 months by main reason for visit, England and Wales, year ending June 2004 to year ending June 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures for 2017 are provisional." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Employment","Study","Business","Holiday","Visiting friends or relatives","Other" "2004","59","78","21","32","85","19" "2005","90","70","22","25","104","24" "2006","108","82","35","26","87","36" "2007","76","76","31","17","77","14" "2008","67","65","32","21","78","18" "2009","36","67","20","27","71","15" "2010","47","69","15","14","62","6" "2011","34","64","27","21","66","24" "2012","47","63","22","17","65","10" "2013","53","69","27","9","57","14" "2014","79","87","33","20","79","19" "2015","91","69","27","14","90","14" "2016","94","114","28","15","89","17" "2017p","74","85","19","13","82","11"