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Key definition

EU Settlement Scheme definition

What does EU Settlement Scheme mean? The EU Settlement Scheme is the UK Home Office process for EU, eea and Swiss citizens and their eligible family members to secure UK immigration status so they can continue living, working and studying in the UK after brexit. It is implemented through the Immigration Rules (Appendix EU and Appendix EU (Family Permit)) and the term is used across immigration, employment, housing and public law practice. Applicants are granted either: - settled status (indefinite leave to remain), or - pre-settled status (limited leave) with a route to settled status. Key features include UK residence by 31 December 2020 for most applicants,...

EU Settlement Scheme (UK): Surinder Singh and Derivative Rights (Chen, Ibrahim/Teixeira, Zambrano) - Eligibility, Specified Dates, Route Closures, Key Case Law and Application Procedure

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Practice notes

This Practice Note examines how derivative and Surinder Singh residence rights are handled under the EU Settlement Scheme (the Scheme), covering the breadth of these rights within the Scheme and the associated application steps. Consistent with the case of Ahmed, and under the Immigration and Social Security Co‑ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 and its transitional measures, properly and validly made EEA family permit applications submitted before 31 December 2020 continued still to qualify for consideration and potential approval afterwards, provided applicants satisfied Regulation 11(5)(e) of the 2016 Regulations. New applications to the EU Settlement Scheme, however, may now only be brought by persons relying on EU rights on certain bases.

Closure of the Surinder Singh and Zambrano routes

A Statement of Changes issued on 17 July 2023 confirmed the closure of the Surinder Singh and Zambrano routes to fresh applications. The deadline for lodging new applications was 8 August 2023. Individuals holding pre‑settled status under the EUSS, or those with an existing pending application or appeal, may continue to pursue their application. The Explanatory Memorandum accompanying the Statement of Changes indicated that the context for this was that: ‘The UK made generous transitional provisions enabling such persons to access...

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