People from Poland and Romania have made more applications to the EU settlement scheme than any other nationality it has been revealed.
A total of 5,060,600 applications have been received since the scheme opened in March 2019, according to provisional Home Office figures to the end of January reports PA.
More than 2.4 million of those (2,497,600) have been granted settled status, allowing them permanent leave to remain.
A further two million (2,039,800) have been granted pre-settled status, meaning they need to reapply after living in the country for five years to gain permanent residence.
Meanwhile, 38,900 applications have been refused.
In total, there were 4,569,010 applications received from EU nationals, 45,550 received from other EEA and Swiss nationals and 301,660 received from non-EEA nationals.
The top nationalities to apply were Polish (911,240), Romanian (836,980), Italian (472,300), Portuguese (354,190) and Spanish (301,790).
