As with any application to enter the UK, it is important that you submit the necessary documents to support your EUSS family permit application. Accepted evidence includes that of your family member: There are currently two ways to apply for your partner or family member in the UK: If you have had gaps in your job, you may not have a complete tax and benefit record. You will be informed during the application process if you need to upload documents to prove that you lived in the UK during the periods when you were not working. In addition, it is advisable to apply for an EEA family permit instead of an EUSS family permit if you: The EU settlement system family permit is valid for 6 months and during this time, permit holders can freely leave and return to the UK as many times as they wish. If your family member with EEA or Swiss nationality has not yet applied for the EU settlement system, you must prove their identity and nationality using their passport or identity card. To be eligible, your family member must have dual Irish, British or British and Irish citizenship born in Northern Ireland. Family members of British citizens who have lived for 1. January 2021 living in Europe with an eligible family member with a British citizen (also known as the “Surinder Singh” route) You must meet strict requirements to apply to the EU settlement system in this way. The easiest way to prove this is to provide your Social Security number when applying. If you don`t provide your Social Security number, you`ll need to provide documents. To prove that your family member was born in Northern Ireland, you must provide: Family members of EU, non-EEA and Swiss citizens with a “right of residence” in the UK This means that some people have the right to live and settle in the UK as family members of an EU.

Non-EU-EEA or Swiss citizen who has left the UK, died or is no longer your spouse or partner. You must meet strict conditions to apply for a family permit for the EU settlement system in this way. You can also apply if your family member lives outside the UK but works regularly in the UK (also known as cross-border workers). A non-EEA family member can obtain a EUSS family permit to enter the UK during the validity period of the permit, if required. Applications for EUSS family permits are not subject to a fee. Nor do they attract the health surtax for immigrants. However, the fact that applications can be made freely does not mean that the application should be taken less seriously than any other application for entry into the United Kingdom. To be from Northern Ireland, your family member must: The deadline for most people wishing to apply for the EU settlement system was 30 June 2021.

In some cases, you may be able to apply for the EU settlement system after 30 June 2021 if you have evidence to support your case. To be eligible for the family permit under the EU settlement system, your family member must have lived in the UK on 31 December 2020 and you must have been a family member at that time. Your family member must currently reside in the UK or plan to be there within six months of the date of your application. If you are a family member of someone from Northern Ireland, you are unlikely to have a document confirming a right of permanent residence or a permanent residence card under EEA rules. If not, please read the sections below for more information on the evidence you need to provide instead. I am not an EU citizen and my husband is an EU citizen who has already obtained a settlement and permanent residence programme, We applied for the EUSS family permit at this end of February (2020) and already carried out biometrics outside the UK in February. Hello. I am a little confused and would like to hear your opinion. I am a non-EU citizen with pre-established status in the UK and I am going for 3 years as an EU citizen who has been in the UK for 4 years.

I want my 63-year-old mother to live with us when I retire, and she is not from the EU either. Is she applying for a EUSS family permit? How high is the app and what benefits can it get? How will she be allowed to use NHS services or work in the UK? Thanks in advance. Alisa Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 does not apply to documents issued by public sector bodies in third countries. The situation is different if the EEA national and his/her family member move to the UK together. If so, they may want to focus on the savings held. When you apply for the programme, you must answer questions about offences for which you have been convicted in the UK or other countries on your criminal record. You will also have to answer questions about the crimes you are waiting to go to court for. You only need to do this if you are 18 years of age or older. Upon expiry of the EUSS family permit, the non-EEA family member may apply for a new EUSS family permit. If they enter the UK before 31 December 2020, they can apply for pre-established status. Details on how to prove your EEA or Swiss family member`s permanent residence in the UK can be found GOV.UK. Hello, my husband, an EU citizen who moved to the UK in November 2020.

I applied for a family permit and was rejected in June. I am in the process of reapplying, but my husband is not working yet. However, he is taking an online course. Would that be sufficient evidence of study to satisfy the provision on the exercise of contractual rights? Is it necessary to provide a letter of employment or payslips if you already have a pre-established status? To prove that at least one parent of a family member has met this requirement, you can provide: For example, one of our clients, Jo, recently came to see her single partner in the UK following an application for entry into the country. Your partner is a German national and has determined the status of the EUSS in advance. However, as Jo is considered a family member of an EEA citizen, she had to apply for an EEA family permit instead of an EUSS family permit. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. To bring family members to the UK after Brexit, you will need to apply for either the EU Settlement Scheme family permit or a UK family visa. The EU settlement programme offers a pathway for EU, non-EU-EEA and Swiss citizens seeking the UK after Brexit.

Citizens of the following countries are covered by the system: You do not need to provide proof of your relationship to an EEA or Swiss citizen if you have a valid document proving permanent residence or a permanent residence card issued to you in accordance with EEA regulations on the basis of your family relationship with that citizen. You will also need to prove that at the time of the birth of your family member, the parents of your family member are: However, if you are the immediate family member of a UK citizen who has exercised their contractual rights in another Member State before returning to the UK to live there (Surinder Singh case), you cannot apply for a EUSS family permit.