The EU Settlement Scheme: the final week

 

The deadline to apply for EU Settled Status is just seven days away. All EU nationals living in the UK (adults and children), need to make an application under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) before 30 June 2021 – so in a week’s time – to secure their continued right to live and work in the UK.

As well as EU nationals, Norwegian, Icelandic, Liechtenstein, Swiss nationals and any non-EU national family members (NEFM) living in the UK also need to make an application to EUSS to secure their rights. Irish citizens can apply to the scheme but do not have to.

From 1 July 2021, EU nationals (EEA/EFTA) and their NEFMs will be expected to demonstrate their immigration status in their day to day lives to access welfare benefits, housing, health care, and employment.

In 2019 EUSS was described by Amelia Gentleman as the ‘gateway between belonging and exclusion’ and that gateway is shortly closing.