Immigrants: EEA Nationals

(asked on 1st November 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether permanent residence cards for EEA nationals will remain valid if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 20th February 2019

In either a deal or no deal scenario, permanent residence (and other) documents which confirm a right to reside under Directive 2004/38EC (the Free Movement Directive) will cease to be valid when EU law ceases to apply.

However, EU citizens and their family members who have a documented right of permanent residence can exchange this for settled status free of charge.

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