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If you have lived in the UK more than 5 years and are offered pre-settled status, choose the option to provide additional evidence.
To apply for settled status if you have pre-settled status, see: From pre-settled to settled status.
If you have any issues or are experiencing difficulties with your application, contact the Resolution Centre.
Settled status gives you a right to reside for the purpose of UC/benefits claims, without the need to exercise treaty rights. See Right to Reside.
Please note the dates and deadlines to move to the UK, apply for status and join family members already in the UK, in the event of no deal
The Home Office has expressed its intention to carry on processing applications for EEA residence documentation, including Article 10 Residence Cards, until the end of 2020; this is of particular relevance to extended family members, who need a document issued under the EEA Regulations (a residence card or an EEA family permit), to be eligible to apply under the EU Settlement Scheme. It is also of interest to parents of UK born children, who could benefit from backdated permanent residence status (PR), to make it easier to apply for a British passport for their child.
IMPORTANT: Please read potential impact on family members you may wish to sponsor in the future, before you apply for British citizenship.
Our step-by-step guide should be your starting point. Please make sure you meet the criteria before submitting your application, as the fee is non refundable in case of a refusal. Also see: Issues, mistakes, errors and ommisions
Once you have settled or pre-settled status, of if you acquired PR status in the past, you are lawfully resident under that status and no longer need to exercise treaty rights, work, or even think about CSI. See our lawful residence guide.
DO NOT RING the Home Office asking for advice with your citizenship application, their operators are not immigration advisors and may provide inaccurate information. If you have any questions, please post them on our forum
DO NOT RING UKVCAS, their call charges are obscene.
People with pre-settled status need to make sure they spend at least 6 months out of every 12, in the UK, in order to qualify for settled status.
If you have pre-settled status, you will need to make a new application for settled status, it will not be granted automatically.
If your children are not British, they will also need settled or pre-settled status after the end of June, even if born in the UK.
The deadline for most people to apply under the EUSS is the end of June 2021.
You need to apply for settled status if you applied for citizenship with PR and will not have your ceremony before the end of June.
Settled and Pre-Settled status applications
You can now update your details online if you got a new passport.
You will need a photo or scan of you new document to upload.
This photo should not have any reflections nor glare on it.
If you see an error message when you try to access your status, you need to contact the resolution centre to fix it. See: Resolution Centre.
If you were granted pre-settled status, you can apply for settled...
If your passport or ID card has expired and you can't renew these documents in time, you need to contact the resolution centre and ask for a paper form to apply with the expired document.
If you experience any issues with your application or have any questions about it, you may wish to contact the Settlement Scheme Resolution Centre. They should be able to help with common technical issues experienced by applicants such as:
Trouble...
The transition period has come to an end. This also means the routes highlighted in red have now closed.  Deadline for EEA and Swiss nationals to move to the UK and be eligible to apply for pre-settled status |
December 31st 2020 |
A spouse, civil partner or durable partner can only be sponsored under the EUSS if the relationship was in place before the end of 2020.
Please note that, so far, all applications by unmarried partners made directly under the EUSS without first obtaining the family permit or having obtained the residence card (aroute now closed to new applications), have been refused. This is important to point out, because time is running out and, if someone decided to make such an application...
If you have pre-settled status, you will need to apply for settled status before your pre-settled status expires.
You will not obtain settled status automatically.
You will need to make a new application to obtain settled status.  Need to apply |
Do not need to apply |
The Home Office Guidance was updated at the end of last year to cover multiple applications. In order to make a new application for pre-settled status, you'll need to show:
On page 51 of the EUSS Guidance you'll find: EUSS settled and pre-settled status are digital, that means the status is based on records held in the Home Office database and not on holding a physical document to prove the status.
EEA nationals only get a digital status.
EEA nationals do not get issued with a card or any physical document, see below for proving your status. Non EEA family members...
The information contained here is only for non EEA family members EEA nationals are not issued with a physical document, such as a biometric card, when obtaining settled or pre-settled status. EEA nationals only get a digital status, see: How to prove and share EUSS settled and pre-settled status - UKCEN Citizenship and Residence for European Nationals and their families Non EEA family members who apply for settled or pre-settled status with...
If you have pre-settled status, you will need to apply for settled status before your pre-settled status expires. You will not obtain settled status automatically. You will need to make a new application to obtain settled status. | Pre-settled status | Settled status |
The online application form has the following questions. It is important to answer the questions truthfully. Failure to do so may be grounds for refusal.If you have criminal convictions or fall into any of the categories listed below who would be referred to Immigration Enforcement, you should seek legal advice before you apply.
See Legal adviceFor EEA citizens resident in the UK before the specified date, the Home Office has put in place a comprehensive vulnerability strategy to ensure that the EUSS is accessible to all, including those requiring someone to make an application on their behalf. They are also engaging with relevant stakeholders, such as the Department for Health and Social Care, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Devolved Administrations, to assess the needs...
Vulnerable people can get support with their application. These include people in the following categories:
They may be able to: These materials support EU, EEA and Swiss citizens applying under the EU Settlement Scheme. They are provided in 26 EU languages, including Welsh and Irish.
Translated materials published by the Home Office