- Tens of thousands of people wait months for an EU Settlement Scheme decision
- The pathway to British citizenship for European nationals in the UK
- It just got more difficult for Europeans to become British citizens
- Lengthy absences from the UK can put EU pre-settled status at risk
- No knowing how many Europeans will be left unlawfully resident by Brexit, experts warn
Comment: is the EU Settlement Scheme working for children?
With one year left before the close of the EU Settlement Scheme, the headline numbers look positive for the Home Office. By the end of May 2020 more than 3.6 million applications had been made, although some people have applied more than once. This ...
6th July 2020Extended family members can’t have any breaks in dependency on EU sponsor
Reading judgments from the Upper Tribunal on the EEA Regulations often feels like going back in time. A lot of the recent case law has clarified points of law in favour of migrants but almost all have come far too late to be useful. The latest case of ...
16th June 2020Tens of thousands of people wait months for an EU Settlement Scheme decision
The EU Settlement Scheme promised convenience and efficiency for those required to secure their immigration status in the UK after Brexit. Yet statistics retrieved from the Home Office indicate that at least 36,000 applications had faced delays of ove ...
2nd June 2020European Commission accuses UK government of violating EU citizens’ rights
The European Commission has formally accused the UK government of breaching EU law on free movement of people. Brussels today launched “infringement proceedings” against the UK, the process used to force EU member countries to comply with ...
14th May 2020Lengthy absences from the UK can put EU pre-settled status at risk
For most people, the EU Settlement Scheme has largely lived up to its government billing as generous and straightforward, but confusion over permitted absences is likely to cause some European residents trouble down the line. People with pre-settled s ...
6th May 2020You can carry on with an old-style EU law appeal even if granted settled status
The abandonment of an ongoing appeal seems to be a hot topic for the Upper Tribunal recently, with the case of Ammari (EEA appeals – abandonment) [2020] UKUT 124 (IAC) following on the heels of MSU and Aziz. This time the facts concern an appeal ...
5th May 2020