Philippines
In 2025, the Home Office granted 17,554 work visas to nationals of the Philippines, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of the Philippines in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 97 people
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 2 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
- Resettled or relocated
- 0 people
- People who came through UK resettlement schemes, including the Afghan schemes, by date of arrival. Not a visa route.
Sources (5)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
- 5 Home Office, resettlement dataset (Res_D02)
- Res_D02, people resettled or relocated, by date of arrival in the UK.
- Published 27 August 2026.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas17,554 grants
Includes family members of workers, and seasonal and other short work visas.
Study visas463 grants
Includes family members of students, and short study visas.
Family visas1,323 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas5 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas326 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes19,345 grants
Added here Work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 17,554 + 463 + 1,323 + 5. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 8,038 |
| 2013 | 8,697 |
| 2014 | 8,918 |
| 2015 | 10,094 |
| 2016 | 11,594 |
| 2017 | 13,166 |
| 2018 | 14,444 |
| 2019 | 17,412 |
| 2020 | 8,275 |
| 2021 | 14,240 |
| 2022 | 26,542 |
| 2023 | 27,730 |
| 2024 | 21,905 |
| 2025 | 17,554 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Philippines. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Philippines. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Philippines. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above).
- The record for Philippines. Latest observation in the file, 2020. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of people ages 15 and above.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Philippines. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Philippines. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsPhilippines and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Philippines
2020 census · UNdata [1]
- Aglipay820,070 people
- Assembly of God421,813 people
- Association of Baptist Churches in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao2,809 people
- Association of Fundamental Baptist Church in the Philippines98,476 people
- Baptist276,740 people
- Bible Baptist542,136 people
- Buddhist43,365 people
- Christian and Mission Alliance327,973 people
- Christian Reformed Church64,023 people
- Church of Christ430,712 people
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints175,299 people
- Church of God172,856 people
- Church of Nazarene16,165 people
- Convention of the Philippine Baptist Church35,173 people
- Episcopal179,208 people
- Evangelical38,397 people
- Evangelical Free Church43,908 people
- Evangelical Missionary Church10,170 people
- Free Methodists52,022 people
- Full Gospel Church14,668 people
- Iglesia ni Cristo2,818,495 people
- Iglesia Evangelista Methodista en Las Filipinas32,882 people
- International Baptist Missionary Fellowship6,477 people
- Islam6,995,977 people
- Jehovah Witness458,573 people
- Lutheran54,092 people
- Missionary Church31,278 people
- Pentecostal301,816 people
- Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association11,296 people
- Presbyterian20,895 people
- Roman Catholic85,935,303 people
- Salvation Army36,215 people
- Seventh Day Adventist865,572 people
- Southern Baptist190,510 people
- Tribal251,614 people
- United Church of Christ511,734 people
- United Methodist Church300,435 people
- Wesleyan55,883 people
- Other1,901,321 people
- Other Assemblies35,948 people
- Other Baptist Churches362,349 people
- Other Charismatic Churches4,838 people
- Other Christians33,048 people
- Other Church of God21,038 people
- Other Evangelical Churches255,388 people
- Other Methodist Churches54,535 people
- Other Protestant334,072 people
- No Religion44,478 people
- Zion Christian Church18,337 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Philippines, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2020. UNdata lists it as received in 2023.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of the Philippines in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 17,554 work, 463 study, 1,323 family, 5 safe route and 326 other visas to nationals of the Philippines, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of the Philippines claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 97 nationals of the Philippines claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of the Philippines arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 2 nationals of the Philippines were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.
How many nationals of the Philippines were resettled in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of the Philippines were resettled or relocated to the UK through UK resettlement schemes, by date of arrival. Source: Home Office, resettlement dataset (Res_D02).