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A1 visas issued to people from Great Britain and Northern Ireland · February 2026

8

That is 5 fewer than in January 2026 (13) — -38.5%.

A1 visas made up 0.1% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 0.2% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026

-38.5% vs January 2026 (13)-11.1% vs February 2025 (9)

All published months together: 1,076

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Visa class A1 · One total per month

Dec 202515
Jan 202613
Feb 20268

Dec 2025

1542% of selected

Jan 2026

1336% of selected

Feb 2026

822% of selected

Jan 2026 is 2 (13.3%) lower than Dec 2025.
Feb 2026 is 7 (46.7%) lower than Dec 2025.

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	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Total issued	15	13	8
Total	15	13	8

Great Britain and Northern Ireland · A1: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

Year compared with

2025168
202621

Month by month

Month	2025	2026	Change
January	9	13	+44.4%
February	9	8	-11.1%
March	11	–	–
April	9	–	–
May	17	–	–
June	20	–	–
July	27	–	–
August	23	–	–
September	15	–	–
October	6	–	–
November	7	–	–
December	15	–	–

When is it busy? Great Britain and Northern Ireland · A1

Busiest month: December (15.6% of a typical year). Quietest: February (3.4%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

6.5%

3.4%

7.8%

3.8%

8.0%

10.7%

13.0%

8.5%

8.1%

6.4%

8.2%

15.6%

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Average of 7 full years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Each bar is that month's share of the year's total. Years with missing months are left out. It shows when visas are issued, not when people apply.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland · A1: all published months

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Month	Issuances
Mar '17	10
Apr '17	22
May '17	0
Jun '17	0
Jul '17	0
Aug '17	0
Sep '17	0
Oct '17	0
Nov '17	0
Dec '17	0
Jan '18	0
Feb '18	0
Mar '18	0
Apr '18	0
May '18	0
Jun '18	0
Jul '18	0
Aug '18	0
Sep '18	0
Oct '18	0
Nov '18	0
Dec '18	0
Jan '19	0
Feb '19	0
Mar '19	0
Apr '19	0
May '19	0
Jun '19	0
Jul '19	0
Aug '19	0
Sep '19	0
Oct '19	0
Nov '19	5
Dec '19	16
Jan '20	13
Feb '20	9
Mar '20	11
Apr '20	1
May '20	9
Jun '20	14
Jul '20	39
Aug '20	8
Sep '20	22
Oct '20	7
Nov '20	6
Dec '20	5
Jan '21	17
Feb '21	6
Mar '21	16
Apr '21	10
May '21	5
Jun '21	19
Jul '21	14
Aug '21	28
Sep '21	10
Oct '21	23
Nov '21	11
Dec '21	6
Jan '22	7
Feb '22	3
Mar '22	22
Apr '22	8
May '22	13
Jun '22	25
Jul '22	23
Aug '22	13
Sep '22	13
Oct '22	15
Nov '22	10
Dec '22	10
Jan '23	21
Feb '23	2
Mar '23	17
Apr '23	12
May '23	26
Jun '23	25
Jul '23	18
Aug '23	9
Sep '23	18
Oct '23	19
Nov '23	12
Dec '23	11
Jan '24	10
Feb '24	10
Mar '24	14
Apr '24	5
May '24	26
Jun '24	23
Jul '24	27
Aug '24	18
Sep '24	16
Oct '24	5
Nov '24	10
Dec '24	9
Jan '25	9
Feb '25	9
Mar '25	11
Apr '25	9
May '25	17
Jun '25	20
Jul '25	27
Aug '25	23
Sep '25	15
Oct '25	6
Nov '25	7
Dec '25	15
Jan '26	13
Feb '26	8