Immigration: Families

(asked on 13th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice his Department has provided to people involved in Surinder Singh immigration cases on the implications for their immigration status of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 18th February 2019

In a deal scenario, provision will be made in the Immigration Rules for a non-EU citizen who is resident in the UK as the primary carer of a British citizen, and who currently derives a right of residence from wider EU law (a Zambrano carer), as set out in paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent on the EU Settlement Scheme (published on 21 June 2018). Further de-tails will be provided shortly on the new status which will be available to Zambrano carers in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.

Paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent also set out that, in a ‘deal’ scenario, non-EU citizen family members of British citizens who are lawfully resident in the UK by the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020, by virtue of regulation 9 of the EEA Regulations (the ‘Surinder Singh’ route), will be eligible to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Further details will be provided shortly on the immigration status of family members of British citizens returning from the EU in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.

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