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The EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families to remain in the UK after it leaves the EU ('Brexit'): who's eligible, how to apply, how much it costs.

• Overview

  If you’re from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you…

• Who can apply

  The deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30…

• What you’ll get

  You’ll be given either: settled status, usually where you’ve lived in the…

• What you'll need to apply

  If you are from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and…

• Convert pre-settled status to settled status

  You must have 5 years’ continuous residence. You may be eligible to…

• Applying for your child

  Each child must have their own application. You can apply for your child…

• Applying as the family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein

  You can apply as the family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland,…

• Applying if you're the family member of an eligible person of Northern Ireland

  You can apply if you have a family member who is an eligible person of…

• Applying if you’re the family member or primary carer of a British citizen

  For most people, you can no longer apply if you’re: a family member of a…

• Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme

  You can apply using any device, for example, a laptop, Android device or…

• If you have indefinite leave to enter or remain

  The deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme in most cases was 30…

• If you stop working in the UK or start working in an EU country

  The deadline for applying for most people was 30 June 2021. You can still…

• After you've applied

  After you’ve applied, the Home Office will check your application. They’ll…

Find out how and when to apply for settled status now that the UK has left the EU.

Prove to others you still have pre-settled status, if you later got another type of permission to enter or stay in the UK.

• Updated: 7 November 2025

How to provide evidence of your UK residence if we can’t confirm this through an automated check of UK tax and some benefits records.

• Updated: 20 September 2022

This collection contains immigration staff guidance on migrants who are family members of UK residents.

• Updated: 4 February 2025

Information for applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.

• Updated: 13 June 2022

This video explains how you can apply from pre-settled to settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

• Updated: 23 June 2025

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications where the customer's parent was granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

• Updated: 2 June 2025

Get help if you're applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.

How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 2 August 2024