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Update on EU Settlement Scheme Deadlines and Late Applications
By Eve Loveman - Legal Associate

The EU Settlement Scheme provides a basis for nationals of the EU, other EEA countries and Switzerland, who were resident in the UK by 31 December 2020, to apply for an immigration status that will allow them to...

 continue residing in the UK lawfully beyond 30 June 2021. It can also apply to the family members of nationals of these countries, and family members of British citizens in very narrow circumstances. Since...

How Apply for Pre-Settled Status with an EUSS Family Permit
By Richmond Chambers -

In this post, we explore how to apply for Pre-Settled Status under Appendix EU if you have already been granted an EU Settlement Scheme (“EUSS”) Family Permit. This will allow you to stay in the UK after your...

 EUSS Family Permit expires, and be eligible to apply for Settled Status after 5 years in the UK. You might be eligible for an EUSS Family Permit if you are the ‘family member’ of a relevant EEA citizen,...

The Status of EU Settlement Scheme Applicants After 30 June 2021
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

In this post we look at the legal position and status of EU citizens and their family members who have applied for Pre-Settled or Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme (‘EUSS’) and who are awaiting...

 a decision from the Home Office after 30 June 2021. With the volume of applications the EU Settlement Scheme has received in the latter part of the ‘grace period’ (ending on 30 June 2021) there are...

EU Settlement Scheme Toolkit
By Richmond Chambers -

Over recent months our barristers have published several articles addressing the position of EU nationals and their family members in the UK following Brexit, including under the EU Settlement Scheme (‘EUSS’). As...

 the 30 June 2021 deadline for EU citizens and their family members who are living in the UK to apply for limited leave to remain (pre-settled status) or indefinite leave to remain (settled...

EU Settlement Scheme & Covid-19 Related Absences - Updated Guidance
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Office has recently issued updated policy guidance on coronavirus related absences under the EU Settlement Scheme, following a legal challenge to the previous policy (published 15 December 2020).  The...

 guidance acts as a concession outside the Immigration Rules (Appendix EU) until the Home Office is able to amend the Immigration Rules.  Continuous qualifying period  In order to obtain Settled Status, a...

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

Dependent Parents of EEA citizens (or of their spouse or civil partner) in the UK can apply under the EU Settlement Scheme for pre-settled status or settled status. Dependent parents of EEA citizens, where the parents...

 are outside of the UK can apply for EUSS Family permits. Rules set out in Appendix EU Dependent parents can apply as the ‘joining family member of a relevant sponsor’. The family relationship must...

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

With the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government 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 indefinite leave to remain (“settled status”) or limited leave to remain (“pre-settled status”)....

EU Settlement Scheme Deadlines & Late Applications
By Richmond Chambers -

As we have explained in previous articles, the deadline for EU citizens and their family members who are living in the UK to apply for limited leave to remain (pre-settled status) or indefinite leave to remain (settled...

 status) under the EU Settlement Scheme (‘EUSS’) is 30 June 2021. Failure to apply before this date will mean that a person is in the UK unlawfully.  A different deadline may apply for those that...

Durable Partners under the EU Settlement Scheme
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As discussed in my previous blog post, in order to make an application as a family member of an EEA national under the EU Settlement Scheme, the family relationship is required to have existed before 31 December...

 2020. One category of family relationship covered by the Rules is that of ‘durable partners’. The provisions contained in Appendix EU in relation to durable partners are convoluted, and relate not only...

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...

Brexit: What do I have to do from 29 March 2019?
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

EU nationals and their family members may well be dismayed by the recent accusations of ‘queue jumping’ widely reported, and the dismal reality of Brexit negotiations. While the UK may still be on some kind of...

 track to leave the EU on 29 March 2019, all is not yet decided.  However, there are options for EEA nationals who wish to remain in the UK to ensure that they are able to do so.   EU law will continue to...

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...
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