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Brexit day and Updates to EEA Guidance
By Dr. Catherine Taroni

On the day the UK was set to leave the EU, 29 March 2019, the Home Office has published updated guidance in relation to the extended family members of EEA nationals, and the family members of British citizens under EU law. Extended family members – what has...

 changed? The guidance published 27 March 2019 states that the appeal rights of extended family members have been updated: In the section ‘appeal rights’: the text ‘From 29 March 2019 extended family members applying for a family permit, residence...

Evidential Requirements for EU Nationals who are Self-Employed
By Geraldine Peterson

EU nationals who are self-employed and are seeking to apply for Permanent Residence (PR) after 5 years residence in the UK, or to apply for settled status, need to satisfy the Home Office that they have genuinely been in business for themselves during the years...

 or time period they rely upon in their applications.  The following provides a short guide to what EU self-employed nationals need to demonstrate to the Home Office to achieve a successful application. Definition of Self-Employed A self-employed person...

EU net migration to UK falls amid Brexit
By Richmond Chambers

Recent figures show the most significant departure of Europeans from the UK ever recorded by the Office of National Statistics. The exodus is putting pressure on vast swathes of industry, from construction to food processing and hospitality. EU migration There...

 has been a stark fall in immigration from the EU, with numbers dropping by a quarter since the referendum. Not only are there fewer EU citizens arriving, but now they are leaving at the fastest rate in ten years. These two trends mean that overall net...

Brexit: No deal and Citizens’ rights
By Dr. Catherine Taroni

On 06 December, the UK government published a policy paper on what will happen to EU citizens in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU, in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit outcome. With the vote on the withdrawal agreement delayed in Parliament, time is running...

 out before 29 March 2019 and the possibility of there being a no-deal default is becoming more realistic.   EU citizens in the UK by 29 March 2019 The settled status scheme – Appendix EU – would apply in a similar way in the event of a no-deal...

Prime Minister claims EU migrants “jumping the queue”
By Richmond Chambers

In an announcement earlier this week, Theresa May continued her efforts to promote the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement by stating that it will prevent migrants from EU countries from “jumping the queue”. In an attempt to reassure MPs and the public alike,...

 the Prime Minister continued to say that her Brexit deal would see immigration requirements based upon skills-based considerations, and that European applicants would no longer receive priority over “engineers from Sydney or software developers from...

The Government's 'Settled Status' plan - what does it mean for EU migrants?
By Richmond Chambers

Uncertainty about the government’s post-referendum attitude towards EU migrants who have been long-term residents of the UK has been a persistent thread of Brexit discourse. Would there be deportations, or would the government prioritise granting British...

 citizenship to stem the ever-increasing flow of EU citizens leaving the country? There’s already been backlash regarding the government’s mishandling of the ‘Windrush’ generation, where Caribbean migrants who had been living in the UK...

Romanians become the second most common non-UK nationality
By Richmond Chambers

Recently published official figures now put Romanian as the second-most-common non-British nationality in the UK. The Office for National Statistics reported this month that people from the Eastern European nation now account for more nationals in this country...

 than Ireland or India. The number of Romanians living in the UK in 2017 jumped 25% on the previous year as the numbers coming into the UK show no sign of abating. Restrictions on the rights of Romanians to work in this country were lifted in 2014 and...

No Statutory Right of Appeal for Extended Family Members
By Richmond Chambers

The Upper Tribunal in Sala (EFMs: Right of Appeal) [2016] UKUT 411 (IAC) has ruled that there is no statutory right of appeal against a Home Office decision to deny an...

 EEA Residence Card to the Extended Family Member (EFM) of an EEA national under regulation 17(4) of the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006. Contact Our Immigration Barristers

Influx in EU Expats Applying for UK Citizenship
By Richmond Chambers

There has been a significant increase in the number of Europeans living in the UK applying for British Citizenships, with many fearing that the country could leave the UK according to solicitors and community leaders.Applying for a UK Citizenship: Contact Us

 There has been a significant increase in the number of Europeans living in the UK applying for British Citizenships, with many fearing that the country could leave the UK according to solicitors and community leaders.Applying for a UK Citizenship: Contact Us

The rights of dual-British and EU nationals - referral to the Court of Justice
By Dr. Catherine Taroni

The High Court recently referred an important question to the Court of Justice of the European Union in R (Toufik Lounes) v Secretary of State for the...

 Home Department [2016] EWHC 436 (Admin). The case was heard on 9 February 2016 and promulgated on 8 March 2016.Contact Us - EEA Barristers in London

Opinion Given on Social Benefits Entitlement
By Richmond Chambers

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has given his opinion on the legality of excluding EU citizens from certain social benefits in another Member State. foreign nationals (and the members of their families) whose right of residence...

 arises solely out of the search for employment, and during the first three months of their residence, foreign nationals (and the members of their family) who are not workers or self-employed persons and cannot be regarded as having retained that...

Effect of Naturalisation of an EEA National on Family Members’ Rights
By Dr. Catherine Taroni

The family members of UK nationals are not ordinarily able to benefit from EU free movement law as transposed by the EEA Regulations – there are some exceptions, but the...

 general rule is that only non-UK EU nationals can rely upon the EEA Regulations as a source of residence rights for their family members.Dual nationality: UK plus another EEA member state
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