Immigration: EU Nationals

(asked on 26th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that there is no gender discrimination built into the application scheme for settled status, including for (1) women who do not have continuous HMRC records, (2) people whose documents are largely in their husband’s name, (3) people who have changed their name due to marriage, change of gender or other reasons, and (4) women who are victims of domestic violence or whose present or former husbands or partners are not willing to co-operate.


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 12th March 2019

The EU Settlement Scheme will accept a wide range of documentation as proof of residence. We have worked closely with our Safeguarding User Group to establish the types of evidence that vulnerable applicants will have available to them.

The automated checks with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions will, in most cases, provide us with the information we need to confirm residence. Where these checks are not sufficient, we allow for alternative ways of proving residence, including methods which do not rely on access to formal documentation.

When the scheme is rolled out fully from 30 March there will be additional provisions allowing applicants who are unable to provide identity documents due to circumstances beyond their control, or for compelling practical or compassionate reasons, to provide alternative evidence of their identity. This may include where such documents are being held by abusive partners or employers.

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