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Rights for EU Citizens and their families

Post Brexit
EU citizens who arrive by 29 March 2019 and have lived in the UK for 5 years will be able to apply to stay indefinitely by getting ‘settled status’.People who won’t have been here for 5 years when we leave, but arrive here by 29 March 2019, will be able to apply for permission to stay on until they reach the 5-year threshold. They can then also apply for settled status. All family members who are living with or join EU citizens by 29 March 2019 will also be able to apply for settled status after 5 years in the UK. Children born after exit are protected if their parents are protected.
Close family members will be able to join their families in the UK after exit. EU citizens looking to remain in the UK will be able to apply for their new status through a new streamlined, user-friendly application scheme, due to launch in 2018.

Applications for permanent residence status

The settled status application process for EU citizens will be completely different from the current one for documents confirming EU permanent residence status. Home Office confirmed about for designing a new system from scratch, with new processes, technology, rules and support for applicants.

Permanent residence documents confirm that an individual has rights under European law. In future, EU law will no longer apply and the migration and status of EU nationals will be subject to UK law.

If you have already gone through the process and got a permanent residence document, there will be a simple process to exchange this for settled status free of charge. You will just need to provide an identity document and recent photograph, declare any criminal convictions and confirm you still reside in the UK. Any previous residence assessment we have done will not be repeated.

If you think that you may have an entitlement to Permanent Residence in the UK as an EEA national in the UK and you would like to apply for permanent residence card please do not hesitate to call our immigration solicitors on 0203 909 8399

Disclaimer:

The information in this blog is for general information purposes only and does not purport to be comprehensive or to provide legal advice. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information and law is current as of the date of publication it should be stressed that, due to the passage of time, this does not necessarily reflect the present legal position. Connaught Law and authors accept no responsibility for loss that may arise from accessing or reliance on information contained in this blog. For formal advice on the current law please don’t hesitate to contact Connaught Law. Legal advice is only provided pursuant to a written agreement, identified as such, and signed by the client and by or on behalf of Connaught Law.

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