Permanent residence

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Is it mandatory for a non-EEA National family member who is submitting an application for permanent residence, to disclose if they claimed benefits during any time that they had an EEA residence card?

From 1 February 2017 it has been a mandatory requirement for all applications for EEA permanent residence to be completed using the specified forms...

Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 12th Feb

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When an applicant holds leave to remain under the Immigration Rules and then makes an in-time Surinder Singh application, at what point can they start to rely on time spent under the EEA Regulations?

As EU/EEA rights for ‘direct family members’ are acquired and not granted by the host Member State, the third country national can rely on time spent...

Produced in partnership with Allan Briddock of 1 Pump Court 12th Feb

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Where a child (non-EEA national) of an EU national is over 21 and wishes to apply for permanent residence card, what evidence of dependency will they be required to submit in support of their application?

Practice Note: Family members of EEA nationals: definitions and rights of entry and residence looks at which (EEA and) non-EEA national family members...

12th Feb

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Is there any requirement for a non-EEA national, with a right of permanent residence under the Citizens’ Directive, to continue to live in the same household as their EEA national partner (or otherwise continue to be the EEA national’s family member) until such time as they are granted British citizenship?

A non-European Economic Area (EEA) family member of a qualifying EEA citizen will most commonly acquire a right of permanent residence in a Member...

Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 12th Feb

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When making an application for renewal of a permanent residence document, what kinds of evidence should an EEA national provide to show they have not lost their right of permanent residence, in circumstances where they have not been absent from the UK for more than two consecutive years but they have not been residing in the UK?

Practice Note: Permanent residence: acquisition and loss states:‘PR acquired after the date for transposition of the Citizens' Directive (30 April...

Produced in partnership with Nick Nason of Edgewater Legal 12th Feb

Practice notes

EEA Appeals

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

Produced in partnership with Rowena Moffatt of Doughty Street Chambers 16th Jan

Practice notes

A8 and A2 nationals and permanent residence

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

16th Jan

Practice notes

Permanent residence: acquisition and loss

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

16th Jan

Practice notes

Applying to confirm permanent residence

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

16th Jan

Practice notes

Acquiring permanent residence early

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

16th Jan

Q&As

Is a non-EEA national family member able to apply for a permanent residence card using form EEA(PR) from 28 days before their five year eligibility period ends (or must they wait until the end of that period)?

Under Regulation 15(1)(b) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1052 (EEA Regs 2016), a non-EEA national family member...

Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 8th Jan

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Does an EU national with a stamp in their passport confirming that the condition attached to the grant of leave to land is hereby cancelled, dated prior to the coming into force of the Immigration Act 1971, amount to sufficient evidence so that the individual can apply for naturalisation straight away without needing to hold permanent residence for 12 months first?

An EU citizen who migrated to the UK for the purpose of work prior to the coming into force of the Immigration Act 1971 (IA 1971) would have been...

Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 8th Jan

Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for Immigration?

11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the implementation period put in place to enable the UK to transition away from the EU’s laws and...

5th Jan

Practice notes

EEA countries and dual citizenship

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

15th Dec

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Once an EEA national has acquired permanent residence based on five years’ residence in the UK, is it possible for their dependent EEA national who is a minor to also acquire permanent residence where they have been in the UK for less than five years?

Permanent residence can only be acquired by EEA nationals prior to their reaching five years’ residence under the Immigration (European Economic Area)...

6th Dec

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Is it mandatory for a non-EEA National family member who is submitting an application for permanent residence, to disclose if they claimed benefits during any time that they had an EEA residence card?

When an applicant holds leave to remain under the Immigration Rules and then makes an in-time Surinder Singh application, at what point can they start to rely on time spent under the EEA Regulations?

Where a child (non-EEA national) of an EU national is over 21 and wishes to apply for permanent residence card, what evidence of dependency will they be required to submit in support of their application?

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