EU Settlement Scheme

If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, resident in the UK by 31 December 2020, you and your family members need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK beyond 30 June 2021.

Now the UK has formally left the European Union (EU), all EU citizens living in the UK should consider applying to the EU Settlement Scheme to ensure that their immigration status allows them to continue living in the UK. They must apply by the end of June this year. Data from the Home Office suggests that large numbers of older European citizens have not applied as they assume that the rules do not apply to them.

For a limited number of older EU citizens living in the UK, who may have indefinite leave to remain or enter the UK, the rules do not apply but for many other EU citizens, they will potentially lose access to public services such as social housing, social care services, and public funds such as social security benefits.

If you receive either the New State Pension or the basic State Pension and are currently in the UK, you should be offered settled status without needing to provide further information about your residence.

You can read the EU Settlement Scheme important information document before you apply here

You can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (settled and pre-settled status) here

Please note organisations like ourselves are not allowed to provide immigration advice without a licence to do so from the government. Providing immigration advice without a licence is unlawful and the government has decided this applies to advising or assisting people with Settled Status applications.

If you need assistance please refer to the important information document linked above.