Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU nationals who paid £65 for a document to prove permanent residency status will have to pay a fee to apply for settled status.


Answered by
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Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 5th September 2017

As set out clearly in the Government’s (Cm 9464) policy paper, free movement rights will come to an end after the UK leaves the EU and therefore cannot be carried forward, as an EU legal right, into the post-exit UK legal regime.

Therefore all EU citizens (and their families) in the UK, regardless of when they arrived, will need to obtain an immigration status in UK law. As set out in the policy paper, EU citizens will be given adequate time to obtain this documentation through a ‘grace period’ of up to two years.

While EU documentation certifying permanent residence will not be automatically replaced with a grant of settled status, we will seek to make the application process for settled status as streamlined as possible for those who already hold such documents. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations and in the Government’s engagement with stakeholders, but our aim is to keep fees at a reasonable level.

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