Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 25th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support young EU nationals apply to the EU Settlement Scheme who may have difficulty in providing documentation proving their residency in the UK.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 28th March 2019

There is a range of support available to those who require assistance ap-plying to the Scheme.


Generally, children under 21 applying as the dependent of their parent or guardian only need to provide evidence of their relationship to the parent or guardian to be granted the same status.

There is no need for them to prove their own UK residence.


The Home Office is willing to accept a broad range of evidence of applicant’s residency in the UK. Applicants will need to provide one document only dated in the last six months to be granted pre-settled status.

Guidance on the evidence EU citizens can submit is available on gov.uk (www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-evidence-of-uk-residence).

If applicants do not have enough evidence, the Home Office’s EU Settlement Scheme Resolution Centre will work with them to confirm when they have been resident in the UK based on all the evidence available.

For vulnerable applicants, caseworkers will be able to exercise discretion on compassionate grounds, based on the range of evidence available. There is also support available through community organisations supported by the Home Office’s Grant Scheme funding.

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