Pre-release access list for: Monthly entry clearance visa applications, March 2026
Published 9 April 2026
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Official Statistics published at 9.30am on 9 April 2026
This statistical bulletin was produced by analytical professionals and production staff in Home Office Analysis and Insight Directorate.
Pre-release access was given to the following persons 24 hours in advance of release:
1. Home Office
- Home Secretary
- Minister of State for Immigration and Citizenship
- Permanent Secretary
- Second Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Migration and Borders
- Director General, Digital and Innovation
- Director, Visas and Citizenship
- Chief Analyst and Home Office Analysis and Insight Director
- Deputy Director, Visas and Citizenship
- Deputy Director, PBS and Economic Migration Unit
- Deputy Director, Digital, Marketing and Immigration Communications
- Head of Managed Migration Analysis
- Head of Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility Immigration Policy
- Head of Economic Migration Policy
- Special Advisers (3)
In addition, Private Secretaries in the Ministers’ and Special Advisers’ Private Offices will have access to pre-release figures for handling arrangements.
Pre-release access was also given to the following persons from outside the Home Office 24 hours in advance of release:
2. Number 10
- Lead Data Scientist, Justice and Home Affairs, No.10 Data Science team
- Home Affairs Communications (2)
- Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit
- Head of Research and Information
- Special Advisor, Justice and Home Affairs (2)
- Deputy Director, Migration Policy
- Assistant Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
3. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government of the United Kingdom
- Head of Global Health Workforce Development
- Senior Policy Officer on International Workforce
4. Department for Education
- Director General, Skills Group