Hey all, I’m making the move to Scotland next year in March, and just wanted to get a bit of the lay of the land in terms of rentals.

I’ll be 30 when I arrive, and I’ll be on a Youth Mobility Visa, with the plan to move onto an Ancestry visa if I decide I want to stay on a more permanent basis (and yes I have triple checked I’m eligible for it).

I’ve visited Scotland many times and have relatives in Glasgow who I’m going to stay with when I arrive, but I’m hoping to secure my own flat as soon as possible before I start work.

A couple of Facebook groups have put the wind up me a bit telling me that it’s near impossible to get a rental, that I should expect to be spending loads of money to get one, and I’m just curious as to how accurate that is, or if it’s Facebook peeps scaremongering. I’m aware there’s a housing crisis (where isn’t there a housing crisis tbh), but am I likely to end up staying with my relatives for months??

I’m flexible on areas, I’m aware I’ll need six months up front rent most likely, I’ll be transferring from my job in Australia so I will have proof of employment and salary, and I only need a one bedroom. I know it’s not gonna be sunshine and rainbows and there will be days where I wonder what the hell I’ve done by moving around the world, but the negativity around rentals did put a bit of a damper on me yesterday - what’s your thoughts Reddit?

Hello, I will be headed to the University of Glasgow to study history in September. I’m an 18 year-old American citizen and EU citizen and I already have my student visa for the next four years and I know I can get a graduate visa after.

What are my actual chances that I can get a skilled worker visa after my graduate visa? I know that history and history degrees themselves are not a super popular field for that route. I do plan on getting a masters and I might stay in the UK for that but I might also use my European Union citizenship to go in somewhere like Ireland.

Do I have a chance to get a skilled worker visa or should I mainly just expect to live elsewhere afterward? The main jobs I would want would be in academia or museums.

I would also be fine living in any part of the UK