Work visas issued 9 months to 31 December 2025

Summary

The request sought work visa statistics for the Isle of Man from April to December 2025, but the Treasury only provided data for the period of October to December 2025, citing partial exemptions for the earlier months.

Key Facts

• The response covers work visas issued between 1 October 2025 and 31 December 2025, not the full requested period starting in April.
• A total of 190 work visas were issued during the disclosed three-month period.
• Salary and SOC code data were only available for Worker Migrant visas, resulting in lower record counts for those specific tables.
• The most common nationality among visa holders was Filipino with 43 individuals.
• The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa route is noted as closed.

Data Disclosed

• 190
• 1 October 2025
• 31 December 2025
• 43
• 120
• 53
• £21,658.00
• £127,732.80
• 2136
• 6145

Exemptions Cited

• Part exempt (specific exemption details cut off in the provided text)

Original Request

Please could you provide details of how many work visas have been issued in the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 broken down by (a) category (b) nationality (c) salary and (d) SOC code and count.

Data Tables (6)

Full Response Text

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What is a “work” visa?

“Work Visa” means Visas issued for the purpose in the of working in the Isle of Man. The following Isle of Man Visas have been included in these figures: • Worker Migrant Visas (Worker Migrant, Intra Company Transfer, Health & Care Visa) • Business Migrant routes (Start-up & Innovator) & Tier 1 routes (Entrepreneur & Investor). Note that Tier 1 Entrepreneur route has now closed • Tier 5 (Temporary Worker). • UK, Isle of Man & Channel Islands Ancestry & Domestic Workers.

The tables below include all Work Visas issued between 1st October 2025 and 31st December 2025 and break them down as requested.

Table 1 – Category - Each work visa in broken down by its category: • Entry Clearance (Application from outside the Isle of Man & UK for initial entry). • Further Leave to Remain (Application “In Country” to renew a visa or change to a different visa. • Indefinite Leave to Remain (Application “In Country” for Settlement, usually after a period of continuous lawful residence).

Table 2 – Nationality - The Nationality of all those granted Isle of Man Work Visas is shown.

Table 3 - Salary – Salary data has been provided in Salary bands. The total number of records included in this table is lower than the total shown in Tables 1 & 2 because only Worker Migrant visas have Salary data captured in a reportable field. Table 4 – Role - Standard Occupation Classification Codes (SOC) are used to determine Role in Sector & Minimum salary. They are only recorded in a reportable field for Worker Migrant visas. The full list of SoC Codes, corresponding roles, salary & sector classification, can be found in Part 7 of Appendix W of the current Immigration Rules: https://www.gov.im/media/1391292/immigration-rules-from-08-january- 2026_compressed.pdf#page=766

Table 1 - Work Visas Issued between 01/10/2025 – 31/12/2025 - Category Visa Category Entry Clearance Further Leave to Remain Indefinite Leave to Remain Visa Total Business Migrant - Innovator 1 1 1 3 Business Migrant - Start Up 1

1 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)

1 1 Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) 4

4 UK Ancestry 1 1 2 4 Worker (ICT) Migrant 4

4 Worker Migrant 26 86 8 120 Worker Migrant - Health Visa 8 41 4 53 Grand Total 45 129 16 190

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Table 2 - Work Visas issued between 01/10/2025 – 31/12/2025 – Nationality Nationality Count Nationality Count. Nationality Count. Chinese 8 Kenyan 8 Zimbabwean 8 Filipino 43 Nigerian 7 South African 29 Indian 27 Pakistani 13

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Table 3 - Work Visas issued between 01/10/2025 – 31/12/2025 – Applicant Salary Salary Count £21,658.00 1 £23,205.00 1 £23,225.68 1 £23,460.00 1 £23,822.50 1 £23,882.50 1 £23,900.00 1 £24,415.56 1 £24,624.60 1 £24,800.00 1 £25,000.00 2 £25,450.00 1 £25,477.50 1 £25,480.00 2 £25,552.80 4 £25,584.00 5 £26,000.00 4 £26,026.00 4 £26,032.50 2 £26,250.00 1 £26,286.00 1 £26,325.00 1 £26,416.00 1 £26,422.50 1 £27,040.00 3 £27,200.00 2 £27,300.00 4 £27,466.40 1 £27,580.80 2 £27,598.00 1 £27,905.28 1 £28,000.00 2 £28,072.98 1 £28,184.00 1 £28,600.00 3 £28,693.00 1 £28,800.00 1 £29,000.00 1 £29,120.00 1 £29,302.68 2 £29,737.50 1 £30,000.00 3 £30,467.00 1 £30,576.00 3 £30,600.00 1 £31,000.00 4 Page 4 of 5

£31,200.00 2 £31,707.00 3 £32,000.00 2 £33,345.00 1 £34,000.00 1 £34,240.00 1 £34,302.00 1 £36,000.00 2 £36,400.00 1 £36,423.00 2 £37,000.00 1 £37,440.00 1 £38,705.00 5 £40,839.87 1 £41,000.00 1 £42,000.00 1 £42,062.00 1 £42,317.00 1 £42,579.00 1 £43,680.00 1 £45,000.00 2 £46,000.00 2 £47,237.00 1 £47,259.00 1 £48,348.30 1 £49,054.00 2 £49,500.00 1 £49,550.00 1 £49,649.60 1 £49,740.00 1 £49,909.00 2 £50,000.00 3 £51,500.00 1 £51,650.00 1 £52,438.20 1 £53,000.00 1 £53,555.00 2 £54,000.00 1 £55,000.00 1 £55,787.00 1 £57,500.00 1 £58,000.00 1 £58,300.00 1 £60,000.00 3 £60,158.00 1 Page 5 of 5

Tabel 4 – Work Visas issued between 01/10/2025 – 31/12/2025 - SOC Codes & Job Sector SOC Code Count 2136 7 2211 7 2231 11 2421 14 5434 21 6145 22 9272 7 9273 8

£63,955.24 1 £64,200.00 1 £65,500.00 1 £66,880.00 1 £66,978.00 1 £67,500.00 1 £67,650.00 1 £70,000.00 3 £72,828.00 1 £75,000.00 1 £75,955.00 1 £77,000.00 1 £78,790.00 1 £85,213.00 1 £90,000.00 1 £100,000.00 2 £103,000.00 1 £127,732.80 1

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: 5204017 14 January 2026

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 5 January 2026, which states:

"Please could you provide details of how many work visas have been issued in the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 December 2025 broken down by (a) category (b) nationality (c) salary and (d) SOC code and count."

Our response to your request is as follows:

Please find attached appendix 1 which details the information being disclosed to you.

Some of the information that you have requested, specifically the information from 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025, is publicly available as Freedom of Information request response 4966934. Therefore the information for the first 6 months of this request is exempt under Section 20 (information accessible to applicant by other means). To access a previously-published freedom of information request response, you can visit: https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/search and search using the Case ID provided. The information which is subject to disclosure in appendix 1 contains personal information. In this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25(2)(a)&(b) of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information).

This exemption applies to some of the information for parts (b) and (d) of your request. The information which has been provided for parts (b) and (d) has been extracted from the information held. The information which is exempt for part (b) relates to a total of 28 Nationalities and 47 individuals and the information which is exempt for part (d) relates to 39 SOC codes and 68 individuals.

The nationalities and SOC codes are classed as personal identifiable data. This is because nationality is where an individual is from and the SOC codes can be used to identify a job role. It is acknowledged that this information on its own is not always a direct identifier, however when it is combined with other data it can identify an individual.

The low numbers relating to nationalities and SOC codes, as well as the other information requested, could be combined with other information in the public domain, personal information of the individual or information from other sources, which increases the risk of individuals being identified.

In addition to the above, the information is not only disclosed to you it is also disclosed to the world at large, when it is published on the FoI disclosure log. Therefore someone with some existing knowledge or someone with the motivation to identify an individual would be able to do so from other available resources. You may not wish to identify the individuals from the information disclosed, however there is a risk that others might have the motivation and know how to do so.

Please quote the reference number 5204017 in any future communications.

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