27 August 2021

The Home Office has published the latest statistics on applications to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) before and after the 30 June 2021 deadline.

Number of applications
The total number of applications that were made on or before the 30 June 2021 deadline is 6,015,400, of which 5,446,300 have been concluded. This means there were 569,100 outstanding cases by the end of June.

The number of applications made in July was 58,200. This includes applications from late applicants, joining family members and individuals moving from pre-settled to settled status.

By the end of July, the total number of applications made to the EUSS stood at 6,073,600 and there were 483,200 outstanding applications.

Status granted
The majority of applicants to the scheme have been granted settled status (52%), followed closely by pre-settled status (43%). The number of refusals as of 30 June 2021 stood at 109,400 or 2%. This is slightly higher than the number of withdrawn or void applications (80,8000) and invalid applications (79,800). There were 464,000 repeat applications by the end of June, suggesting that 5.5 million people had applied to the EUSS by the June deadline.

Applications by nationality
Applications from Polish and Romanian citizens represent the highest number of applications by nationality at 1,091,500 and 1,067,200 applications respectively. This is followed by Italian applicants (545,600) and Portuguese applicants (414,100).

The lowest number of applications by nationality is Luxembourg (1,800), Slovenia (5,100) and Malta (7,900). Interestingly, there have been 14,800 applications from Irish citizens, who are not required to apply to the EUSS to protect their right to enter, live and work in the UK. However, their non-Irish family members may be able to join them in the UK if they are granted pre-settled or settled status.

For further information on the EUSS, read our article on EUSS FAQs.

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