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‘Joining Family Members’ of EEA nationals under the EU Settlement Scheme
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

The Statement of Changes In Immigration Rules HC 813, published on 22 October 2020, sets out significant changes to the Immigration Rules. Included in these changes are provisions in Appendix EU which allow EEA...

 or Swiss citizens resident in the UK prior to 31 December 2020 to be joined by their family members under Appendix EU. Under the current Immigration Rules, family members of EEA nationals are eligible to...

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Annual Report for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

The annual report was laid before Parliament on 10 September 2020 in accordance with section 50(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007.   The report can be accessed: here. The UK Borders Act 2007 directs the Independent...

 Chief Inspector to monitor and consider the functions carried out by the Home Secretary in relation to immigration, asylum,  nationality, and the systems that are used. The short statement of purpose...

Challenging a Settled Status decision
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

The EU Settled Status Scheme, under Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules, opened to all applicants on 30 March 2019. Many EEA nationals and their family members have applied under the scheme, with a large proportion...

 of Settled Status applications being granted. Many have also been granted pre-Settled Status where they have not been in the UK long enough to have obtained Settled Status. However, many have been...

Dependent Parents applying under the EU Settlement Scheme
By Stefania Patuto - Pupil Barrister

Dependent Parents of EEA citizens (or of their spouse or civil partner) can apply under the EU Settlement Scheme for pre-settled or settled status. However, under Appendix EU, it is unclear what the meaning of...

 ‘dependent’ is,  how it can be demonstrated, or if dependency needs to be demonstrated at all.  EEA Regulations 2016 Dependent parents who had to apply under the Immigration (European Economic Area)...

Settled Status, Permanent Residence and Indefinite Leave to Remain
By Stefania Patuto - Pupil Barrister

With the UK’s impending exit from the EU, the Government has created new appendices to the Immigration Rules, Appendix EU and Appendix EU (Family Permit). The purpose of Appendix EU is to set out the...

 basis on which an EEA citizen and their family members, and the family member of a qualifying British citizen, will be granted settled status or pre-settled status. These applications are under the Immigration...

Settled Status or Permanent Residence Document?
By Zarina Rahman - Immigration Barrister

It now appears that the UK will remain a member state of the EU and therefore benefit from freedom of movement until 31 October 2019. The EU Settled Status Scheme opened to all applicants on 30 March 2019. This...

 means that at present there are two systems operating in parallel for EU nationals and any eligible non-EEA national family members to obtain evidence of their status in the UK: Applications for residence...

EU Settlement Scheme - Public Test Phase Now Open
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

Following two private trials reserved for NHS workers, university staff and students in the North West of England, the public test phase of the EU Settlement Scheme opened for applications for EU Settled Status...

 today, on 21 January 2019. EU Settlement Scheme – Who Can Apply? The test phase is open to EU citizens with a valid EU passport and their family members, as long as they hold a biometric residence card....

Home Office: "the EU Settled Status Scheme works."
By Richmond Chambers -

A Home Office report insists that the EU Settled Status scheme works well, despite people with iPhones being unable to apply. Over the last three months, 1053 EU citizens living or working in Liverpool...

 took part in the ‘Private Beta 1’ test, where they used an early version of the system to apply for Settled Status. All completed their applications using a Home Office laptop, with support from UK Visas...

4 things you should know about the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, published 11 October 2018
By Richmond Chambers -

On 11 October 2018, the Home Office published a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules.  In this post, we will consider the main elements of the changes. Implementation of the next phase of the roll-out...

 of the EU Settlement Scheme for resident EU citizens and their family members to obtain UK immigration status Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules came into force on 28 August 2018 and provided a basis for...

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