Work visas issued FY ended 31 March 2025

Summary

The request sought detailed statistics on work visas issued in the Isle of Man for the financial year ending 31 March 2025, broken down by category, nationality, salary, sector, and role. The Treasury partially upheld the request, providing comprehensive tables for visa categories, nationalities, and sectors, though salary and sponsor sector data totals were lower than the overall visa count.

Key Facts

• A total of 1,082 work visas were issued between 01/04/2024 and 31/03/2025.
• The 'Worker Migrant' category accounted for the highest number of visas with 616 issued.
• Filipino nationals received the most visas (240), followed by South Africans (177) and Indians (113).
• Salary data was provided for 906 applicants, with the £20,000-£24,999 band being the most common.
• The majority of visas (880) were issued to the private sector, compared to 114 for the public sector.

Data Disclosed

• 1082
• 616
• 240
• 177
• 113
• 906
• 880
• 114
• 01/04/2024
• 31/03/2025
• £20,000
• £24,999
• £150,000
• 4791733
• 2025-07-11
• 2025-10-03

Original Request

Please could you provide details of how many work visas have been issued in the financial year ended 31 March 2025 broken down by (a) category (b) nationality (c) salary (d) public or private sector and (e) role in the same format as the answer to question W-202401-1383 asked by Ms Edge on 16.12.2024.

Data Tables (6)

Full Response Text

4) FOI: 4791733 Please could you provide details of how many work visas have been issued in the financial year ended 31 March 2025 broken down by (a) category (b) nationality (c) salary (d) public or private sector and (e) role in the same format as the answer to question W- 202401-1383 asked by Ms Edge on 16.12.2024.

Table 1 - Work Visas Issued between 01/04/2024 & 31/03/2025 - Category Visa Category Entry Clearance Further Leave to Remain Indefinite Leave to Remain Visa Total Business Migrant - Innovator 13 8 1 22 Business Migrant - Start Up 2

2 Representative of Overseas Business 9

9 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)

7 8 15 Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) 1

1 Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) 3

3 UK Ancestry 23 4 6 33 Worker (ICT) Migrant 81 12

93 Worker (Seasonal) Migrant 1

1 Worker Migrant 230 288 98 616 Worker Migrant - Health Visa 128 144 15 287 Grand Total 491 463 128 1082

Table 2 - Work Visas issued between 01/04/2024 & 31/03/2025 – Nationality Nationality
Count Nationality
Count. Nationality
Count. Filipino 240 Jamaican 16 Egyptian 7 South African 177 American 14 Malawian 6 Indian 113 Sri Lankan 14 Other Asia 31 Chinese 110 Bangladeshi 13 Other Europe 30 Pakistani 65 Malaysian 13 Other Africa 17 Zimbabwean 45 Turkish 9 Other Central America & Caribbean 10 Nigerian 41 Algerian 8 Other Oceania 5 Ghanaian 30 Ugandan 8 Other South America 3 Kenyan 26 Brazilian 7 (Blank) 1 Indonesian 17 Canadian 7

Grand Total 1082

Table 3 - Work Visas issued between 01/04/2025 & 31/03/2025 – Applicant Salary Salary Band Count £20,000 - £24,999 235 £25,000 - £29,999 216 £30,000 - £34,999 80 £35,000 - £39,999 62 £40,000 - £44,999 56 £45,000 - £49,999 79 £50,000 - £59,999 65 £60,000 -£69,999 50 £70,000 - £79,999 23 £80,000 - £89,999 13 £90,000 - £99,999 9 £100,000 - £150,000 11

£150,000 7 Grand Total 906

Table 4 – Work Visas issued between 01/04/2024 & 30/03/2025 –Sponsor Private Sector or Public Sector Sector Count
Private Sector 880 Public Sector 114 Total 994

Tabel 5 – Work Visas issued between 01/04/2024 & 30/03/2025 - Sector Sector Count Construction 7 E-Business & Information Communication Technology 149 Education & Training 8 Engineering & Manufacturing 28 Financial & Professional Services 116 Horticulture and the Environment 4 Hospitality, Catering & Food Production 185 Law 7 Logistics and Transport 2 Medical, Health & Social Care 304 Other roles not elsewhere specified 101 Retail 32 Scientific 2 Utilities, Mining and Quarrying 2 Grand Total 963

Freedom of Information
Seyrsnys Fysseree

The Treasury Government Office,
Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 3PU

Telephone: (01624) 685605 Email: FOI.Treasury@gov.im

Government Website: www.gov.im

Our ref: 4791733 31 July 2025

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 11 July 2025, which states:

"Please could you provide details of how many work visas have been issued in the financial year ended 31 March 2025 broken down by (a) category (b) nationality (c) salary (d) public or private sector and (e) role in the same format as the answer to question W-202401-1383 asked by Ms Edge on 16.12.2024."

Our response to your request is as follows:

Please find attached Appendix 1 which details how many work visas have been issued in the financial year ended 31 March 2025.

Please quote the reference number 4791733 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Freedom of Information
Seyrsnys Fysseree

The Treasury Government Office,
Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 3PU

Telephone: (01624) 685605 Email: FOI.Treasury@gov.im

Government Website: www.gov.im

Our ref: 4791733 10 October 2025

Dear ###,

We write further to the outcome of your internal review request, dated 03 October 2025, and your subsequent confirmation of how you would like to proceed in relation to the practical refusal reason. The final decision of the internal review was:

The final decision of this review is that it partly upholds your complaint, as some of the information you have asked to be disclosed can be released to you, depending on how you would like to proceed in relation to the practical refusal reason.

Our response to your request is as follows:

Please find attached the additional information which is being released to you following the outcome of your internal review request. The additional information is specific to part (e) of your request and details the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes and the number of visas issued.

The information which is subject to disclosure contains personal information. In this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information).

The information to which this exemption applies to some of the SOC codes. The SOC code can be used to identify job roles and it is acknowledged that a job role on its own it not always a direct identifier, however when a job role is combined with other data it can identify an individual. Which increases the risk of the individuals being identified, as explained in the internal review response dated 03 October.

The reasons why this exemption applies are that:

• The Treasury is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data of which you are not the data subject; and

• The Treasury is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene

one of the data protection principles as set out at Article 5 of the General Data protection Regulation as it applies in the Isle of Man pursuant to the Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018, namely that the Treasury can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions for lawful processing in Article 6 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met.

Please quote the reference number 4791733 in any future communications.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on;

1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or
2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.

In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision.

More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im.

Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

Yours sincerely

Simon Winning
Internal Reviewer