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Applicants relying on settled status to apply for citizenship may be asked to show that they were exercising treaty rights, or that they were family members of those who were exercising treaty rights, in the period leading up to their being granted settled status.

- as a qualified person (such as a worker, student, self-employed, self-sufficient, retired or incapacitated person)
- as the family member of such a person.
Lawful residence after obtaining settled or pre-settled status





Example 1
Sarah is a Dutch national who came to the UK as a student in 2012 and did not have CSI cover. She then married Joe, a British national and had two children, so she stayed at home looking after them when they were little. In 2018, she started working 20 hours a week, then applied for settled status when the scheme opened in 2019. Her one year contract ended in August 2019 and she's not worked since.
Period | Activity | Lawful residence (as at end of June 2020) |
September 2012-June 2015 | Student without CSI | 0 |
August 2015-September 2018 | Stay at home parent (self-sufficient without CSI) | 0 |
September 2018-August 2019 | Part-time worker | 1 year |
April 2019 | Granted settled status | 1 year 2 months |
Example 2
Pierre is a French national who came here to study full-time in September 2014 and had no CSI, he started working in December 2017 and was granted pre-settled status in January 2019. He quit his job to go back to college in September 2019. He was granted settled status in October 2019.
As he started exercising treaty rights as a worker in December 2017, his period of lawful residence starts at this point. He was granted pre-settled status before he quit his job, so he's been lawfully resident ever since he started working, and would be able to apply for citizenship after 5 years' lawful residence in December 2022.
Non-EEA family members








- You were living off your own capital and savings
- You had a passive income, such as rental income, income from shares, stocks, investments, etc.
- You were in receipt of a pension
- You were supported by a family member who does not fall under the category of a qualified person who can sponsor you. This could be because:
- They were not living in the UK, for example, your parents back home
- They are British citizens without dual UK/EU citizenship, for example, you are a stay-at-home parent and your spouse is British
- They are from outside the EEA, for example, if you are married to a non-EU spouse and you don't work.


- Up to 3 months if you hadn't previously been working in the UK
- Up to 6 months if you were working or self-employed and lost your job
- It may be possible to retain worker status for longer in some cases, especially if you worked continuously for over a year. PR applications were approved with over 6 months of unemployment.


Part-time and intermittent work


Rates and allowances: National Insurance contributions - GOV.UK



- Evidence of Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI)
- Where does the CSI requirement come from?
- EHIC cards and CSI
- Voluntary NI contributions
- Using the NHS and paying for treatment




Derivative rights

The treaty rights requirement - when it does and does not apply
Permanent residence previously acquired automatically
The guidance says:



- Permanent Residence (PR) status and how it's acquired
- Qualifying periods and evidence - example scenarios
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ILR obtained before 2006




Lawful residence on the online AN form




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