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Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) and Ukraine Extension Scheme visa data

Updated 14 March 2024

The next update will be 21 March 2024.

The Ukraine Family Scheme closed on 19 February 2024.

If you want to be sponsored by a UK household for 6 months, you may be able to apply under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship scheme if you have an approved sponsor.

You can apply under the Ukraine Extension Scheme until it closes on 16 May 2024 if one of the following is true:

  • you had permission to be in the UK on or between 18 March 2022 and 16 November 2023 – the permission does not need to cover the whole period; or
  • you previously had permission to be in the UK and that permission expired on or after 1 January 2022

The Ukraine Extension Scheme will remain open after 16 May 2024 for children who are born in the UK. You can apply under the Ukraine Extension Scheme for your child born if they were in the UK after 18 March 2022 if one of the following is true:

  • you have permission to be in the UK under one of the Ukraine Schemes (including the Ukraine Family Scheme)
  • you qualify under the Ukraine Extension Scheme

This route does not require a UK-based sponsor.

Total Ukraine Scheme visa applications received: 332,500

Data is as of 12 March 2024 and comprised of: 

  • Ukraine Family Scheme: 108,100
  • Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: 224,500

Total Ukraine Scheme visas issued to people: 253,800

Data is as of 12 March 2024 and comprised of:

  • Ukraine Family Scheme visas: 72,200
  • Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme visas: 181,600

All application outcomes as of 12 March 2024:

Scheme   Visas issued Applications withdrawn Applications refused Applications awaiting conclusion
UKR Family Scheme 72,200    12,800 22,900 300
UKR Sponsorship Scheme 181,600  27,300 13,200 2,400
Totals 253,800   40,000 36,000 2,600

Total arrivals of Ukraine Scheme visa-holders in the UK: 201,900

Data is as of 11 March 2024 and comprised of:

  • arrivals through the Ukraine Family Scheme: 57,100
  • arrivals through the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: 144,700

Total Ukraine permissions to extend stay in the UK: 31,700

Applications to extend permission to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Extension Scheme, and application outcomes as of 12 March 2024:

Scheme   Applications received Applications granted Applications awaiting conclusion
UKR Family Scheme (in-country applications) 9,900  8,100 100
UKR Extension Scheme 29,300   23,600 800
Totals 39,200    31,700 900

More information

Sponsorship Scheme data split by parts of the UK and local authorities, provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is available.

Demographic Data for Ukraine Visas Schemes, split by parts of the UK, is provided by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Safe and legal (humanitarian) routes to the UK published by the Home Office as part of the latest quarterly Immigration System Statistics release, brings together the data from the new visa schemes for Ukrainians alongside visas issued on other routes, arrivals on the Ukraine Schemes, the Extension Scheme and asylum applications.

Notes

1. Figures are provisional management information from live operational systems drawn on the date of reporting and are subject to change.

2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10 or 100, and individual figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.

3. Ukraine Family Scheme figures are from 04 March 2022 onwards, when this Scheme launched. Visas issued under the Ukrainian Fee Waiver Family Concession, which was in place for a short time before the launch of the Family Scheme, are also included.

4. Figures for in-UK applications to the Family Scheme are from 11 March 2022 onwards.

5. Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme figures are from 18 March 2022 onwards, when this Scheme launched.

6. Ukraine Extension Scheme figures are from 03 May 2022 onwards, when the Scheme launched.

7. Applications received are based on confirmed applications, which are usually those where the applicant has applied and provided biometric information. Some applicants to the Family Scheme and Sponsorship Scheme are able to defer their provision of biometric information until after their arrival in the UK.

8. Withdrawn applications include those where an applicant has applied more than once and only one of their applications is considered, leaving the others discounted from processing. It also includes those applying through routes that allow deferral of biometric provision but then did not progress it by providing all information required to complete the application. Note that in both cases this effectively means that the number of confirmed applications includes those that cannot be progressed; in the latter case the application is only confirmed (and reported as such in the data) at the point it is also withdrawn.

9. Refusals relate to applications that have been made by third country nationals who have applied to the Ukraine Schemes but do not qualify.

10. Applications awaiting conclusion include applications at various stages of the case-working process and differing levels of complexity.

11. Arrival figures represent visa holders who have been positively identified as arriving in the UK through matching visa information to travel and border crossing records. This method may not detect all arrivals and is subject to ongoing refinement.

12. The frequency of releasing this information will be kept under review.

13. Finalised data on Ukraine visas are available in the Safe and legal (humanitarian) routes to the UK section of the Immigration System Statistics release.