Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 24th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people residing in Northern Ireland who have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme but had their application deferred as a result of unresolved criminal proceedings have been waiting for more than (a) six months, (b) nine months, (c) one year and (d) eighteen months.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 2nd July 2021

Our aim is to process all applications to the EU Settlement Scheme as expeditiously as possible. Complete applications are usually processed in around five working days.

More information about processing times for applications under the scheme is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times/eu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications

Any EUSS application is likely to take longer to process if:

  • we need to request more information from an applicant

• the applicant is applying as a minor and their application is not linked to an adult

• the applicant submits a paper based application

• the applicant may potentially have a relevant criminal record

• the applicant is applying to the scheme on the basis of a relationship which has not relied upon before in any previous application to the Home Office

In these instances, processing times will vary on a case-by-case basis, based upon how quickly an applicant can provide the requested information, and the circumstances and/or individual needs of each applicant

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