Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 12th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for details to be made available to EU citizens on how to register to remain in the UK.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 17th July 2017

As the Government’s policy paper (C9464) sets out, we recognise that the cost of the new scheme will be important for EU nationals. The UK intends to set fees at a reasonable level.

We have been clear that EU citizens will enjoy all of their current residence rights until we exit from the EU, and that they will have time to secure their new status post-exit. However, the Government does intend to introduce a voluntary scheme to enable eligible EU citizens to apply for their permission to stay and residence document before the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This will enable them to obtain their UK immigration status at an early stage, should they wish to do so, in order to ensure as smooth and efficient process as possible for EU residents here.

Details of the new scheme are the subject of ongoing negotiations with the EU and therefore will be set out in due course.

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