Header search on this map looks up licensed sponsors— not the asylum organisation register.
Legal immigration
This is not asylum support. These are people allowed in through work, study, family and the EU Settlement Scheme. We do not add the two pictures into one total.
From 28 August 2018 to 31 March 2026. This is a running total — not “how many people this year.”
393,500
applications in Scotland
Settled
224,224
Pre-settled
125,034
All 32 councils. Source: Home Office EUSS local authority tables.
Home Office tables do not print a Scotland split. That is a gap, not a zero.
Home Office tables do not print a Scotland split. That is a gap, not a zero.
Home Office tables do not print a Scotland split. That is a gap, not a zero.
2,953
in 2020. Later years are not in the published table.
6,651
worker organisations with a Scottish town · 62 student sponsors
A licence is not a person, and it is not a visa. Register 24 August 2026. Certificates used in Scotland are not published.
Home Office does not print Scotland visa totals for work, study or family. That is a gap, not a zero. Asylum support, Afghan routes and Ukraine are on the asylum map. They are not added here.
Those questions live on the sister sites. We do not invent them here, and we do not add them to asylum support.
Asylum
6,587 people on Home Office asylum support. Not added to EUSS or sponsors.
My street
Ward crime, child poverty, councillor actions, and what you can do on your street.
Government
Usable reserves, national spend, and the public-money record across Scotland.
