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EU Settlement Scheme – Family Permit

EEA Nationals & Family

This visa type is suitable if you;
You are joining family member of a relevant EEA citizen (an EEA citizen who holds either Settled Status or Pre-settled Status, or has applied and is waiting for a decision); of application and your family relationship began prior to 31 December 2020

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EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit

Non-EEA citizens may apply for a Family Permit under the EU Settlement Scheme if they wish to travel to and enter the UK with a family member who is a British citizen.

Family Permits under the EU Settlement Scheme are also available to non-EEA citizens who wish to join or accompany a close family member who is a person of Northern Ireland or a British naturalised citizen, or a family member of a British citizen who has lived in another EU country with that British citizen before 31 December 2020.

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EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit

  • Make a new application, apply for your dependents to join you, wish to extend your visa, become settled or challenge an unfair decision…
  • UK Immigration Solicitors can provide you with expert advice, guidance and legal representation to meet your needs.
  • Unsure about whether your plans would meet the requirements or whether you are likely to face any challenges?
  • We can assess your individual circumstances and confirm what your options are through a free case assessment.
  • UK Immigration Solicitors can ensure that your chances of success are maximised by handling your entire application remotely.
  • We provide a fully digital service, and you never have to visit our offices for 9/10 immigration cases.
  • We are an award-winning law firm that specialises in all types of UK immigration cases, and we offer a transparent, fixed fee service to handle your entire case.

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Who is eligible for the Family Permit under the EU Settlement Scheme?

UK Visas & Immigration requires the following requirements in order to grant you an EU Settlement Family Permit:

UK Visas & Immigration will require you to satisfy the following requirements in order to qualify for an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit:

  • If you are the joining family member of a relevant EU citizen (either for Settled Status or Pre-Settled Status, or you have applied and are awaiting a decision);
  • Within six months of the date of application, you will accompany or join the EEA citizen in the UK;
  • Before the end of 2020, you have been in a family relationship;

In case you live with a British citizen in an EEA country, and your relationship with that British citizen started before 1 February 2020, you have until 29 March 2022 to apply for a family permit to return to the UK. You will need to have ‘reasonable grounds’ for not returning by 31 December 2020 if you started dating them on or after 1 February 2020. If you apply for a family permit, you will need to provide evidence of why you did not return by then.

Applications for Pre-Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme

The following are requirements for obtaining Pre-Settled Status from UK Visas & Immigration:

  • Either you are an EEA citizen, or you have a valid passport issued by the EU
  • The person you are related to is an EEA citizen; or
  • As a family member of an EEA citizen, you have retained the right to reside in the country; or
  • you have a derivative right to reside in the country; or
  • If you’re a Zambrano resident, you’re eligible to vote; and
  • you’ve lived in the UK since 31 December 2020; and
  • Because you have not completed a continuous period of residence of at least five years, you are ineligible for Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Application for Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme

In order to qualify for Settled Status you will need to satisfy UK Visas & Immigration that:

  • Either you are an EEA citizen, or you have a valid passport issued by the EU
  • The person you are related to is an EEA citizen; or
  • As a family member of an EEA citizen, you have retained the right to reside in the country; or
  • you have a derivative right to reside in the country; or
  • If you’re a Zambrano resident, you’re eligible to vote; and
  • you’ve lived in the UK since 31 December 2020; and
  • Because you have completed a continuous period of residence of at least five years, you are eligible for Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

EEA Citizens and their family members

A family member of an EEA citizen may be eligible for an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit if the following criteria are met:

  • A relevant EEA citizen’s spouse;
  • A relevant EEA citizen’s civil partner;
  • the long-term partner of a relevant EEA citizen;
  • An EEA citizen’s child (grandchild or greatgrandchild) or the child of their spouse or civil partner;
  • Parents (or grandparents or great-grandparents) of the relevant EEA citizen or spouse or civil partner.

It is necessary to demonstrate that your relationship existed before 31 December 2020.

Citizens of the EEA relevant to the topic

Citizens of the following countries are relevant EEA citizens:

  • Nationals of the EEA or Switzerland who have been granted ‘pre-settled’ status or ‘settled’ status under the EU Settlement Scheme, or who have applied and are awaiting a response;
  • Individuals who meet the criteria for ‘pre-settlement’ or ‘settlement’ status under the EU Settlement Scheme (they need not apply for the EU Settlement Scheme);
  • People from Northern Ireland who meet the criteria for ‘pre-settled’ or ‘settled’ status under the EU Settlement Scheme (even if they cannot apply), as well as those with British, Irish or dual British and Irish citizenship, and who were born in Northern Ireland and had at least one parent who held British, Irish or dual citizenship at the time of their birth (or without any restriction on their right to live in Northern Ireland at the time of their birth).
  • Citizens of the EU or Switzerland who were citizens of the EU or Switzerland before gaining British citizenship and lived in the UK as EEA or Swiss citizens.

EEA Family Permit or EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit?

EEA Family Permits are no longer available for new applications. EUSS Family Permit applications should be submitted instead by eligible applicants. 

The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 continue to apply to EEA Family Permit applications and appeals submitted prior to 31 December 2020.

Can I Apply for an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit from Inside of the UK?

EU Settlement Scheme Family Permits can only be applied for from outside of the UK.

EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit

A Family Permit under the EU Settlement Scheme is not subject to a fee from the Home Office.

Family Permit applicants under the EU Settlement Scheme are also exempt from the Immigration Health Charge.

How Long is an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit Valid For?

If you arrive after 1 April 2021, your EU Settlement Scheme family permit will be valid for 4 months.

Staying in the UK after your EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit has expired

You will need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme if you wish to stay in the UK after the validity period of your EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit has expired.

EU Settlement Scheme applications must be submitted by 30 June 2021. If they arrive after 01 April 2021, however, they can apply within three months of arrival (and before the expiration of their family permits) or show reasonable grounds for not applying within this time frame.

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How can UK Immigration Solicitors help me?

In addition to offering immigration services, our immigration lawyers assist individuals from around the world to obtain EU Settlement Family Permits for the UK.

In order to obtain an EU Settlement Family Permit, our immigration lawyers can be of assistance to you in assessing the merits of the application, overcoming challenges, assisting in preparing the application or representing you in challenging a decision to refuse an application.

Having a proactive approach to understanding and meeting the needs of our clients is something we take pride in. Our team is committed to providing clients with clear and reliable immigration advice within a professional and friendly environment.

By now you would have realised that when it comes to EU Settlement Family Permits, we are the go-to experts.

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At UK Immigration Solicitors, we are passionate about all thing’s immigration. As a multi award winning nationwide law firm, we are proud to offer a truly global service. We have assisted clients from more than 120 countries over the last 10 years. We are proud to innovate and lead the immigration law industry.

Back in 2012, after carefully listening to the frustrations of clients who could not find reliable immigration advice online, we pioneered the provision of legal representation for immigration cases online. This was a revolutionary transition and since our innovations, there have been a whole multitude of online immigration service providers.

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You decide if you want us to help you through the journey having now understood your options.

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If we can help you and you have accepted our proposal of service, we’ll get you booked in for a one to one legal consultation with a lawyer.

This is normally done over the phone but can be facilitated in person too if necessary.

During the legal consultation with a fully regulated expert solicitor, we will explain of the detailed requirements of your chosen visa type and check and rectify any problems and create a legal strategy and documentaton list.

We’ll also give you a step by step guide of your tailored road map.

Documentation

During the legal consultation, our lawyers will discuss documentary requirements.

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  • Our immigration specialists carry out a free detailed assessment with you to understand your circumstances and needs.
  • The collated information is then reviewed by a senior immigration solicitor who will have no less than 8 years’ immigration experience.
  • Based on the information collected, the senior solicitor will then confirm what your options are and will also confirm if we are able to help you.
  • We will offer you an Agreed Fixed Fee quotation for us to handle your entire case until initial conclusion without obligation.
  • If we have officially taken your instructions, we will create a client file for you and collect detailed initial information.
  • We will then ensure you receive a personalised one-to-one legal consultation with a senior immigration solicitor who will take your full instructions by exploring your circumstances in detail and advise you on the best way to meet your objectives. The solicitor will explain the relevant legislations and provide you with advice on the steps that we would need to take to get a successful result.
  • The senior solicitor who carried out your legal consultation will then send you detailed written legal advice explaining everything that needs to be done and which documents will be required as part of the process. We will tell you about any problem areas and formulate a strategy to overcome/mitigate these.
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If you have an immigration related problem or question, you can have a free assessment with a member of our assessments team.

The assessor will establish why you are calling and what you are looking for assistance with. The assessor will ask you a series of questions to determine your circumstances in relation to your objectives.

The assessment is 100% private and confidential. As we are a private law firm, we work with our clients to overturn Government decisions daily. We do not share any information with any third party.

Although the assessor will be a trained immigration specialist, they are not solicitors and therefore will not give you detailed legal advice or guidance.

If you want to establish what your options are and the best way forward for you, your assessor will collate the necessary information and then speak with one of the resident senior solicitors at the firm to determine what your options are, if and how we could assist and confirm whether we would be prepared to take your case. If we can assist, you will be provided with an Agreed Fixed Fee quotation which is a single legal fee to cover the firms cost of representation agreed from the outset and binding for all parties.

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