LONDON: Indians continue to account for the bulk of long-term work and student visas issued by the UK to non-EU nationalities despite an overall decline in new arrivals and a corresponding increase in emigration of Indian-origin people from Britain.
Around 40,000 work, 89,000 study and 9,000 other long-term visas were issued to Indian citizens in the year ending Dec 2025, totalling 138,000 arrivals. The other nationalities in the top five were Pakistani, Chinese, Nigerian and Nepalese.
