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The EU Settlement Scheme

The deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021.

However, if you or your family are from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you can still apply if you or a family member were living in the UK by 31 December 2020.  You must either meet one of the criteria for a later deadline to apply or have ‘reasonable grounds’ for not applying by 30 June 2021 (such as medical reasons, or being the victim of domestic abuse).

If you are waiting for a decision

After you have applied, you will get a certificate of application (CoA). The certificate will explain what you can use it for while you are waiting for a decision – for example, whether you can use it to prove your right to work in the UK.

Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status) – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you have any queries or issues about:

  • submitting a late application
  • viewing and proving your Immigration Status,
  • going from pre-settled to settled status,
  • changing your personal details,
  • validating your Certificate of Application etc.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU
A small team based at Citizens Advice and Dorset Race Equality Council has been set up to help, inform and more importantly provide FREE support to anyone who faces challenges related to the EU Settlement Scheme.

Please contact our EUSS Engagement Officer on 07743 370459 / christine.brienne@dorsetrec.org.uk or send an email to euss.advice@citizensadvicebcp.org.uk

Problems with your status?

  • Have you had a problem with your application for settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme? Are you struggling to apply, still waiting for a decision, or perhaps you received the wrong status, or were refused status?
  • Have you already been granted a status but are struggling to view or prove it because you haven’t been given a physical proof of status?

Please report on the 3Million weblink (multiple languages): https://www.the3million.org.uk/report-it

Useful Links

Post-EUSS deadline toolkit
The New Europeans UK help EU citizens to secure their rights in the UK post-Brexit and have put together a useful toolkit in several languages.  The EUSS application deadline passed on 30 June 2021. Here you will find all available resources to help you manage your new immigration status, including ‘Know your rights, access your status, prove and update your status, and providing evidence’. neweuropeans.uk/toolkit/

Settled is an independent charity providing free and trustworthy information, advice and support in different languages to EU citizens in the UK. https://settled.org.uk/en/

the3million is the largest campaign organisation for EU citizens in the UK, formed after the 2016 EU referendum to protect the rights of people who have made the UK their home. the3million | Giving EU citizens a voice

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have settled status, you can lose your status if you spend more than 5 consecutive years outside the UK. If you have pre-settled status, you can lose it if you spend more than 2 consecutive years outside the UK.

Be careful: if you have pre-settled status and you spend more than 6 months outside the UK in any given year, you will not lose your pre-settled status, but you will not be eligible anymore for getting settled status as you would not have respected the 5 years continuous residency requested for settled status.

Check your status online to find out the date for the end of your pre-settled status.

The NIN is not compulsory. It allows a quicker access to the automatic verification of your residency status. If you do not have a NIN, you will have to upload evidence of your residence in the UK at the end of your application form.

Each time you change your personal details (email, telephone, postal address) or if you renew your passport, you must access your status online using your old passport (or ID) number and your date of birth. https://www.gov.uk/view-prove-immigration-status

It is recommended that you update your status before traveling so that your ID / passport is the same as the one associated with your status.

You do not need to prove your status before 1 July 2021. You can use your valid passport or ID card to prove your right to work, rent or access the NHS.

If an employer or landlord asks proof of status before 1 July 2021 and denies you of an outcome on that basis, it could be a case of discrimination and you can contact us at Dorset Race Equality Council ( www.dorsetrec.org.uk )

Each family member must fill their own application, but parents (or legal carers) are able to do it on behalf of their children. Any child under the age of 21 whose parents have Settled Status are entitled to the same status as their parents even if they have been residents in the UK for less than 5 years.

Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status): Applying for your children – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Children born in the UK from at least one British parent will automatically be considered as British Citizen. This is also the case if at their date of birth, one of their parents has already got Indefinite Leave to Remain / Settled Status.

Be careful: Children born in the UK are not automatically granted British Citizenship. If their parents did not have Indefinite Leave to Remain or Settled Status before the child was born, they will need to apply to EUSS. https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-born-uk