EU Settlement Scheme
Running total from 28 August 2018 to 31 March 2026 — not people who arrived this year.
- Applications
- 393,500
- Concluded
- 389,233
- Settled
- 224,224
- Pre-settled
- 125,034
Source: Home Office EUSS local authority tables.
Header search on this map looks up licensed sponsors— not the asylum organisation register.
Work, study and familyPublished · Scotland · cumulative Scotland not published Scotland not published Scotland not published Partial — series stops UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published Out of this map UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published UK only — Scotland not published
How many?
Schemes stay separate. There is no one total of ‘legal immigration in Scotland’.
Work
No Scotland split in the visa tables. UK context below — not people living in Scotland.
Study
Same gap. A student visa grant is not a headcount of students in post.
Family
Scotland split not printed. Refugee family reunion belongs on the asylum map, not here.
Citizenship ceremonies · Scotland
2,953
in 2020. Years after 2020 are not in this table — blank, not zero.
Citizenship grants
Not published
Cit_D01/D02 publish UK grants/applications; Region field is nationality world-region, NOT UK nation. Scotland split of grants NOT PUBLISHED. Ceremonies through 2020 (above) are the Scotland proxy — not grants, and not later years.
UK context — not Scotland residents
These are United Kingdom visa grants for the year ending 31 March 2026. They are not a Scotland stock. Visitors are not people living here.
Work
252,775
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Study
412,825
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Family
62,470
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Visitors
2,241,997
Not residents. Context only.
Other
70,408
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
UK settlement grants · 2025
Calendar 2025, United Kingdom only. Refugee settlement is listed so you can see it — it is not added into work or family.
Family
73,316
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Work
37,593
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Other
20,259
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Refugee
14,951
Stays on the asylum map. Not added here.
UK in-country extensions
People already here extending leave. United Kingdom only — no Scotland split. Calendar 2025 is the latest full year in the pack. 2026 is to 31 March only.
Work
782,388
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Study
39,676
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Family
72,433
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Family and private life
76,536
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
Other
144,634
UK grants. Not a Scotland figure.
2026 to 31 March (not a full year): Work 203,866 · Study 6,257 · Family 18,760.
Looked for — not printed
Public tables were searched. These Scotland splits are not there. That is not a zero.
- Not published
Scotland split of entry-clearance visa grants by route (work/study/family)
- Not published
Scotland split of settlement / ILR grants
- Not published
Scotland split of in-country extensions
- Not published
Scotland split of citizenship grants (post-2020 LA ceremonies also absent from Cit_D03)
- Not published
Certificates of Sponsorship used/assigned with Scotland tag
- Not published
Health and Care Worker stock resident in Scotland
Asylum support, Afghan routes, Ukraine and Dungavel are on the asylum map. They are not added here.
Not on this map
Those questions live on the sister sites. We do not invent them here, and we do not add them to asylum support.
Asylum
Asylum support in Scotland
6,587 people on Home Office asylum support. Not added to EUSS or sponsors.
My street
Ward, street, councillor
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Government
National money and reserves
Usable reserves, national spend, and the public-money record across Scotland.