Frontier Workers: EU Nationals

(asked on 10th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they plan to provide to ensure that existing organisations that provide advice on the EU Settlement Scheme have the resources and the capacity to deal with any increased workload caused by frontier workers seeking advice and assistance following the frontier workers' permit scheme coming into force.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 19th November 2020

The Government will open the frontier worker permit scheme to applications from 10 December. The scheme will ensure EEA and Swiss citizens who are frontier working (employed or self-employed in the UK but living elsewhere) at the end of the transition period on 31 December can continue to do so.

The Government launched a national information?campaign?on?13 July to prepare the public and businesses for the end of the transition period. It provides information on the actions they need to take, including information on frontier workers’ rights. Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/frontier-workers-in-the-uk-rights-and-status.

Where people need further information or support in applying under the frontier worker permit scheme, they will be able to contact the Home Office Settlement Resolution Centre, which is open seven days a week.

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