Work visas issued 3 months to 30 June 2025

Summary

The request sought detailed statistics on work visas issued in the Isle of Man between April and June 2025, broken down by category, nationality, salary, sector, and role. The Treasury disclosed data on visa categories and salary bands but withheld specific nationality counts due to data protection exemptions regarding personal identification.

Key Facts

• A total of 106 work visas were issued between 1 April 2025 and 30 June 2025.
• The majority of visas (70) were issued under the 'Worker Migrant' category.
• Salary data was provided for 89 applicants, with the highest concentration (27) in the £25,000 - £29,999 band.
• Information on specific nationalities was withheld to prevent the identification of individuals.
• Data regarding public/private sector breakdown and specific roles was not included in the disclosed tables.

Data Disclosed

• 106
• 70
• 89
• 27
• 1 April 2025
• 30 June 2025
• 2025-07-11
• 2025-07-29
• £20,000 - £24,999
• £25,000 - £29,999
• £100,000 - £150,000
• 4792033

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (absolutely exempt personal information)
• Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation (data protection principles)
• Risk of identification of individuals due to small sample sizes per nationality

Original Request

Please could you provide details of how many work visas have been issued in the period from 1 April 2025 to 30 June 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 (2)

Full Response Text

Work visas issued 3 months to 30 June 2025 (4792033) Table 1 - Work Visas Issued between 01/04/2025 & 30/06/2025 - Cateaorv Further Indefinite Entry Leave to Leave to Visa Cateaorv Clearance Remain Remain Visa Total Business Miarant - Innovator 1 1 0 2 Tier 1 (Entreoreneur) 0 0 1 1 UK Ancestrv 3 0 0 3 Worker (ICT) Migrant 0 1 0 1 Worker Migrant 28 32 70 Worker Miarant - Health Visa 7 19 29 Grand Cateaorv Total 39 53 14 Total: 106 Table 2 - Work Visas issued between 01/04/2025 & 30/06/2025- Nationality Nationality Count Nationality Count. Nationality Count. Filipino 23 South African 20 Indian 17 Pakistani 6 Grand Total 106 Table 3 - Work Visas issued between 01/04/2025 & 30/06/2025-Applicant Salary Salary Band Count £20,000 - £24,999 10 £25,000 - £29,999 27 £30,000 - £34,999 11 £35,000 - £39,999 11 £40,000 - £44,999 5 £45,000 - £49,999 6 £50,000 - £59,999 9 £60,000 -£69,999 4 £70,000 - £79,999 3 £80,000 - £89,999 2 £90,000 - £99,999 0 £100,000 - £150,000 1

£150,000 0 Grand Total 89 10 3 

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: 4792033 28 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 period from 1 April 2025 to 30 June 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 of how many work visas have been issued from 1 April 2025 to 30 June 2025.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information).
The information to which the exemption has been applied includes different nationalities and the number of individuals for each of the nationalities. These numbers relate to a very small amount of individuals per nationality and disclosure of this information poses the likely risk of identification of these individuals, who can be indirectly identified from the information in combination with other information from other available sources, including what has been disclosed as part of this request.
The reasons why that 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 4792033 in any future communications.

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