Settled status

[IDM]

If any forum members or your families are EU citizens living in the UK then you must apply for settled or pre settled status.

Even if you have residency formally documented or are married to a UK citizen, you still need to apply.  It’s not difficult, just a bit of a ball ache if you need to collate and scan proof of residence paperwork.

This is necessary to enable use of the NHS and have the right to work in the UK, regardless of a deal or no deal Brexit..

Don’t delay, get it done..

[DevilMayCry]

I read about it because one day I'll return in the UK.

[IDM]

I hope for your sake and for people in the same situation, that we get a deal with the EU fixed..

[BillyStubbsTears]

IDM.

I hope your partner gets this sorted. I've posted on here before about how the Home Office under the Tories refused a passport application from my young brother-in-law who was born in the country, brought up and educated in this country, with a dad who had unlimited leave to remain. His parents took him to Italy at 9 or 10 years old when his dad was a few days away from vying of cancer. He had a legal right to a UK passport and wanted to come back to the UK and join the RAF at 19. But he was refused because his parents had lost his dad's paperwork in the chaos of his move and the Home Office wouldn't accept the case we made.

They are soul-less bas**rds. They don't care about people. As long as they get the numbers to look right. I wouldn't piss on May if she was slowly burning to death for what she did to that lad.

[IDM]

She’s been in the uk for 25 years, divorcee from a British citizen before I came along.  Never needed to apply for permanent residency under freedom of movement.  The criteria are having lived here for 5 years to get settled status.. we’ve got joint mortgage and council tax covering the period they asked for for proof of residence.. no convictions so we should be ok..

Sorry for your brother in law.

[IDM]

We got the confirmation yesterday.. much quicker than we thought although looking at things on black and white, we comfortably met the criteria.

Wasn’t really in doubt but you never know until you get the formal confirmation.

This is about as big as it gets for me..

[Pancho Regan]

Great news IDM, I'm pleased for you and your partner.

[IDM]

Thanks.. the documentation makes no reference to brexit deals, so that’s a huge relief.

[bobjimwilly]

Glad you're sorted IDM. It doesn't affect me, but it p*sses me off so much that I have friends and neighbours that are having to worry about this sort of shit, all because a handful of millionaires and billionaires don't want to pay their fair share of tax. F*cks me right off.

A polish neighbour over the road has lived here for 15+ years, has English 2 children who were born here and don't really speak polish, but she has always been a housewife and never worked until recently, so is worrying because she has no real record of employment the government might deny her the right to stay? She shouldn't have to stress about this sort of stuff when she has literally done nothing wrong.

 

[IDM]

BJW, not having worked isn’t an issue..

There are other ways to prove residence.. summary bank statements covering a whole year t a time, council tax bills, mortgage statements etc..  that’s what we had to do even though my other half had lived here for 25 years..

The .gov website for this is quite clear.. follow it carefully, and she should be ok.

[idler]

It's amazing how over the years we have had scum that we struggle to deport yet good honest hard working people have to jump through hoops to stay.
A good dose of common sense goes a long way.

[BillyStubbsTears]

That's May's legacy though Idler. A nasty, vindictive, hateful woman. I've said my piece about what she did to my family and I hope she dies in f**king hell as a result.

Good to hear it's turned out well for you IDM.

[IDM]

Thanks BST.  The procedure is relatively straightforward, just needs to be followed carefully.  If all the elements are in place, this happens quite quickly..  I have seen/heard news headlines that EU citizens may have to wait months and months to sort out their status, but for us this took 2 weeks.

[rich1471]

Thanks BST.  The procedure is relatively straightforward, just needs to be followed carefully.  If all the elements are in place, this happens quite quickly..  I have seen/heard news headlines that EU citizens may have to wait months and months to sort out their status, but for us this took 2 weeks.

I work with alot of polish , portugese and EU citizians,  they are finding it very easy to fill in the forms and a very quick response , I was shocked that even thou their children  were born here they still needed to apply the same way and download their info for settled statues

[IDM]

Even if my partner and I had been married for years, she would still have had to apply..

I am surprised how quick the process is, given how many people are affected..

Ever since the referendum was announced, I had no certainty over my partners future status living here.  That’s what, 4 years or so if not knowing, even more so after the referendum itself.

It has only been relatively recently that we became aware of the settle status procedure.

I’m not seeing any TV ads about that however.!

[rich1471]

It's shocking the info out their , I keep informing all the staff i look after and even sat down with a few so they could show me how easy or hard it was to do , people have until Dec 2020 to apply if we leave on the 31st October but if we don't leave until say 1st Jan then the date changes to June 2021 for me the issue is even if EU  citizians have lived here for 10 years and their children were born here with a British passport they still need to apply and of as yet no one has been denided settled status and nearly 90,000 people have done it so far

[drfchound]

So maybe not as bad as some posters like to make things out then.

[IDM]

So maybe not as bad as some posters like to make things out then.

Thing is, this isn’t that well publicised and has only come about relatively recently.  So yes, it is quite bad until you know where to go and what to do..

I was shit scared of my family being torn apart by Brexit, for several years, but only recently have things worked out..

There’s tv ads every day telling folks that Brexit will bring changes, but not what those changes are..  I have yet to see any ads about EU citizens settled status..

So yes, despite the outcome for our family, it has been bad and still is for others.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Who are these posters Hound?

[bobjimwilly]

these sorts of stories are worrying: https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/30/mum-lived-uk-55-years-denied-residency-10658918/