Research
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Scottish Rent Caps Ending: Key Changes for Private Tenants
Rent caps are ending on 1st April 2025. Tenants will still be able to challenge their rent increase if they feel it is unreasonable, but this will be riskier as current protections will be removed. Read more to find out what is changing, and what to do if you receive a rent increase notice before…
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Chris Murray MP Visits Citizens Rights Project
MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh welcomed to Citizens Rights Project ahead of their visit to Westminster.
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Exposing Post-Brexit Challenges: How EU Migrants in Scotland Are Struggling for Justice and Support
Read our report on the first year of the Link Worker service, supporting EU migrants and families in Scotland with welfare issues, challenges, and solutions.
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How to Access and Update your eVisa
In this article we explain how to access and update your eVisa. This is also known as your digital profile. We also explain how to recover your account if you lost access to both your email address and phone number.
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On International Migrants Day: Advocating for Voices, Rights, and Humanity
Migrants in Scotland face complex immigration systems, welfare barriers, and discrimination. On InternationalMigrantsDay, we’re calling for: a shift in the narrative around migration, inclusion of migrant voices in decisions that affect their lives, and sustained funding to continue providing vital support and advocacy for vulnerable EU migrants.
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Do not lose your benefits: what to do if you receive a Universal Credit Migration Notice
Some benefits and tax credits will soon be ending and replaced by Universal Credit. Learn what to do and where to get help if you get a Migration Notice.
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The EU Settlement Scheme Post-Deadline: Guidance on Recent Updates (including May 2024)
30th June 2024 marks three years since the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline. In this article we are looking at the changes to the EU Settlement Scheme that happened in the last year, such as pre-settled status extensions and much stricter guidance for late applications.
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Volunteers’ Week 2024
Celebrating this year’s Volunteers’ Week we have to reveal big secret of our success. In addition to our small team of staff members (seven, soon to be eight), we rely on the network of fantastic individuals who joined the team of our extended family (known as ‘volunteers’) who make our services so effective. Many thing…
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Joining Family Members under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
In this article you can learn more about the requirement and process of bringing your family members to the UK under the EUSS.
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7th Anniversary of the Brexit Referendum: Reflecting on the Journey
Today, on June 23, 2023, we commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Brexit referendum—a day that brought about significant changes to the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union.
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Activity report 2022
This activity report describes the activities the Citizens Rights Project have carried out over in 2022 with funding from the Scottish Government, the Home Office, the Justice Together Initiative, the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, the People’s Postcode Trust and the Italian Comites.
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New project – Free multilingual welfare workshops for people with pre-settled and settled status in Scotland
Citizens Rights Project has secured funding to organize FREE multilingual in-person welfare workshops throughout Scotland to enhance the understanding of EU citizens and their family members regarding their rights.
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EUSS Statistics for 31st December 2022
In late February, the Home Office published more detailed, quarterly statistics and we decided to have a closer look on the figures for Scotland and Scottish local authorities. We decided to have a look at the EUSS numbers by 31st December 2022 and compare them with those from the end of 2021.
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Switching from pre-settled to settled status
If you were granted pre-settled status, also known as limited leave to remain, after applying to the EU Settlement Scheme, you will need to apply for settled status (indefinite leave to remain) before your pre-settled expires.
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Immigration information for EU and Non-EU nationals experiencing Domestic Abuse
Are you an EU or non-EU national in an abusive relationship whose immigration status depends on an EU/EEA/Swiss partner with settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)? If you are thinking about leaving your partner (or have already left them) because of domestic violence or abuse, and you are worried about your immigration status…