How to apply for 'Settled Status' or 'Pre-Settled Status'

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BREXIT

5 How to apply for ‘Settled Status’

or ‘Pre-Settled Status’

Applying to the Scheme is free, but there can be a

cost to enrol biometric information if you are required

to do so as part of the application (see subsection (i)

‘Identity’ below). The qualifying category under which

you are applying will tell you the way you should

apply. If you apply as a family member or a family

member with a retained right of residence you

generally have to complete an online application

form using a computer, a tablet or a smartphone. If

you apply as someone with a derivative right of

residence or are being sponsored by a dual British/

EU citizen you must use a paper application form,

which you have to request from the Home Of‌f‌ice11.

The Home Of‌f‌ice application checks four things: (i)

your identity, (ii) your qualifying relationship to an

EU citizen, (iii) your residence in the UK and (iv) any

criminal record you may have.

(i) Identity

You have to conf‌irm your identity and nationality

using your passport, your ‘EEA Regulations’ biometric

residence card or permanent residence document/

card, or your biometric residence permit issued

under a UK immigration category (such as a Tier 2

work permit or Tier 4 student visa). Which identity

document you use determines how you are able to

apply if you are using the online application process,

as described below.

11 At the time this leaf‌let was drafted it was not clear whether the family

members of dual British/Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland will apply

online or with a paper form.