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15/04/2019 - Brexit: updates on the “Settled Status”

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Regardless of the fact that there is an agreement, once the European Union has been left, European and Swiss citizens living in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2019 are granted permission to stay, provided that the settled application is presented. status. The procedure will be fully active after the Brexit but, to date, there is the possibility of presenting the application using a pilot phase in which European citizens in possession of a passport and their family members not belonging to the European economic area who have a permit can participate. of biometric residence. Citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland cannot submit this application during this phase. To present the application, using the pilot program, it is possible to use an App, currently available on Android phones. You must have access to a mobile number and an e-mail address to be used to receive the various access codes needed to proceed with the application. From March 30, 2019, the program will be accessible to all European citizens, regardless of their ability to use the App; this means that candidates can use passports or identity cards to prove their identity. If the app is not used, the identity document must be sent to the Home Office, or the migrant can visit one of the 13 identity document scanning centers. Those who need support with the process can make use of the “digital assisted tutor”, which can be provided by telephone, in designated centers or it may be possible to arrange a home visit. There is also a center for the resolution of European Union services that can provide more information on the procedure.