🇰🇬#2 in the atlas · 2025
Kyrgyzstan
Central Asia · Home Office, 2019 — Q1 2026
The fastest-growing migration to Britain anywhere in the former USSR — and almost all of it goes to farms.
01 the story
All visas by year
people: main applicants + dependants · work, study, family, other
2021
Britain expands the seasonal scheme — quota 30,000. Kyrgyzstan joins in: 501 visas.
2022
War: operators shift recruitment away from Ukraine. A ×9 jump in one year — 4,582 visas.
2026 — Q1 only
The fastest-growing migration to Britain anywhere in the former USSR — and almost all of it goes to farms.
What the data shows
In 2025, 12 872 people received visas — 29% more than the year before. The largest category is work: 99% of the flow.
How to read this
We count people — main applicants together with dependants, across four visa groups. Visitors are excluded. 2026 is Q1 only.
12 872
people in 2025 · ▲ 29% vs 2024
4 541
Q1 2026 · provisional
36 535
total 2019 — 2025
02 anatomy of the flow · 2025
What the flow is made of
visas granted 2025 · people, including dependants
share of the 2025 flow
Work12 719
Study113
Other29
Family11
inside "Work":Seasonal Worker 12 650Skilled Worker 14Global Talent 3Health & Care 1
Visas ≠ applications. We show visas granted. Far more people apply to the seasonal scheme than receive one — these are different numbers, often confused.
Source
Home Office, Immigration system statistics, Vis_D02. GOV.UK ↗
What we count
Visas granted — not applications or quotas. These are different numbers.
Update schedule
Release: year ending March 2026, published 21 May 2026.