Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances a person who possesses pre-settled status who re-applies for settled status at the end of their period of pre-settled status can be granted a further period of pre-settled status.

EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members who have been granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme can remain in the UK with this status for five years from the date it is granted. They can apply for settled status as soon as they have completed five years’ continuous residence in the UK, or earlier if they qualify under one of the routes to settled status which requires a continuous qualifying period of residence of less than five years.

Where an applicant with pre-settled status has applied for settled status but has not yet completed the required continuous qualifying period of residence to be eligible for settled status, they will be considered for a further grant of pre-settled status, which will enable them to complete the period of residence necessary to be eligible for settled status.