Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper, Safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether the streamlined digital application process referred to in paragraph 35, page 12 will be available to EU citizens who do not have a passport.

The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals that European Union (EU) citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence in the UK will be able to apply for UK settled status.

The details of the settled status scheme will be subject to negotiations. We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status, including detailed eligibility criteria and requirements, in due course.