Scotland’s Migration Service: performance data
Quarterly performance data of Scotland's Migration Service.
Service performance data: January to March 2026
The following tables present data on service engagement for quarter 4 of the 2025/26 financial year, covering the period from January to March 2025. Further service data will be published on a quarterly basis.
Service engagement on digital platforms
Number of views of content on the service's digital platforms
|
Month |
Number of views |
|
January 2026 |
105000 |
|
February 2026 |
168000 |
|
March 2026 |
73000 |
|
Total for the quarter |
346000 |
| Total for the financial year | 784000 |
The number of views is rounded to the nearest thousand. A legal change in UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) requires non-essential cookies (including all website analytics and marketing cookies) to be set on a user’s device only with their explicit permission. Numbers of views listed in the table represent individuals who have consented to cookie tracking and actual numbers may be higher.
Webinars
Number of service users who have attended or viewed a webinar
|
Month |
Number of service user engagements |
|
January 2026 |
93 |
|
February 2026 |
80 |
|
March 2026 |
107 |
|
Total for the quarter |
280 |
| Total for the financial year |
1,062 |
The number of service user engagements is the total of employers and investors who have attended live webinar sessions and service users who have viewed webinar recordings on digital platforms.
Service engagement through one-to-one appointments
Number of service users who have attended an appointment
|
Month |
Number of service user appointments |
|
January 2026 |
121 |
|
February 2026 |
110 |
|
March 2026 |
96 |
|
Total for the quarter |
327 |
|
Total for the financial year |
1200 |
The number of service user appointments above includes employers, investors, and migrants. Please note that some individuals may have attended more than one appointment.
Number of migrants who have attended an appointment broken down by user group
|
Month |
Number of pre-move migrant appointments |
Number of post-move migrant appointments |
|
January 2026 |
19 |
74 |
|
February 2026 |
25 |
67 |
|
March 2026 |
14 |
61 |
|
Total for the quarter |
58 |
202 |
|
Total for the financial year |
226 |
784 |
The migrant category of service users above is broken down into two categories: pre-move migrants and post-move migrants. Please note that some individuals may have attended more than one appointment.
Number of employers and investors who have attended an appointment broken down by user group
|
Month |
Number of investor appointments |
Number of employer appointments |
|
January 2026 |
9 |
19 |
|
February 2026 |
5 |
13 |
|
March 2026 |
6 |
15 |
|
Total for the quarter |
20 |
47 |
|
Total for the financial year |
56 |
134 |
Service users above are broken down into two categories: investors and employers. Please note that some individuals may have attended more than one appointment.
Number of service users (employers, investors, and migrants) who have attended an appointment in the quarter under consideration broken down by nationality/passport holder
|
Country/Territory |
Number of service user appointments |
|
Nigeria |
57 |
|
United Kingdom |
51 |
|
United Staes of America |
49 |
|
India |
32 |
|
Canada |
13 |
|
Ukraine |
11 |
| Algeria, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameron, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Indonesia, Italy, Japanese, Kenya, Latvia, Libya, Luxembourg, Malayasia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, Yemen, Ukraine, Zimbabwe |
less than 10 |
|
Total service users in the last quarter |
327 |
| Total for the financial year | 1200 |
Country/Territory of individuals where the figure is below ten have been grouped together and are not disclosed due to data protection regulations and confidentiality principles. Please note that some individuals may have attended more than one appointment.
Number of employers and investors who have attended an appointment in the quarter under consideration broken down by employment sector
|
Employment sector |
Total number of employer and investor appointments |
| Acquisition, Agricultural engineering, Art, Bioengineering, Broadcast, Charity, Cleaning Services, Consulting, E-commerce, Education, Energetic technologies, Engineering, Food Industry, Health and Beauty, Health and Social Care, Healthcare, Hospitality, Housing Tech, Human Resources, IT Services, Local Authority, Manufacturing, Offshore Wind, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutics, Property Management, Recruitment, Recycling, Social Care, Space, Technology, Telecommunications, Tourism Tech, Travel Tourism, Writing | 67 |
| Total for the financial year | 190 |
Employers and investors from the above employment sectors have attended one-to-one appointments. Please note that some individuals may have attended more than one appointment.