EU Settlement Scheme : Eu citizens living in UK West London Equality Centre Who should register Living here Who can't register Who doesn't need to register What you need to register How to register What registrants get EUSS and Criminal convictions After you've registered

1. Barbara Karayi
West London Equality Centre
EUSS Support 08000 564 745
Barbara@wlec.net

2. Housekeeping
• There is a clipboard going round for questions, we will try to address
them during the panel session
• Beware of inadvertently giving immigration advice which only a
qualified person is allowed to give
• We are aiming to help you identify those who need to register
• Refer them to us if you feel they cannot do the registration
themselves
• I am using registrant for the person applying for EUSS

3. Welcome to this short intro to EUSS
• 55k EU citizens living in Ealing, 45k in Hounslow
• Unless they also have Irish or British citizenship need to register
• ILR arrivals from the 80s: choose to register
• Benefit of registering:
• Secure clients' future
• Some agencies want to see people have registered
• In future employers and landlords will want to know
• Safety in numbers!
• Don't lose it even if absent for 5 years (ILR – lost after 2 years out)

4. Windrush
• Lack of current documents proving status
• Rules changed
• Loss of rights, a tragedy for some of those affected
• Don't want a repeat
• SO SPREAD THE WORD!

5. Why do we need to tell you about EUSS
• You are working with members of the public who are possibly
vulnerable
• Due to disability, language, isolation, elderly or young, trafficked,
enslaved etc
• Who may be un-obvious EU citizens
• You need to help them by explaining the necessity
• You can help get them prepared
• Failing to ensure this may lead to removal or stopping of benefits and
the service you provide may suffer

6. Where to go for help
• West London Equality Centre and Ealing Community Voluntary Service run
the EUSS support service for Ealing and Hounslow boroughs
• Email EUSS@WLEC.NET
• Phone 08000 564745
• Gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families
• Ealing and Hounslow Council register offices have a paid for scanning
service
• Home office support Resolution Centre 0300 123 7379
• "UK Visa Digital assisted support" via 03333 445 675
• Hearing problems? text the word “VISA” to 07537 416 944

7. Your vulnerable clients
• Ask them what their citizenship is
• Remember that they may be of an ethnicity where you might assume
they are not EU citizens – un-obvious EU citizens
• There are many refugees and migrants who came to the UK via
another European country
• They might have family members who also need to register
• They may not be in a situation to receive public information or see
TV/radio/internet ads
• Language, disability, age

8. vulnerability
• Not laid down exactly
• Vulnerability due to: ethnicity, gender, age, disability (physical,
mental, learning), isolation, infirmity, family circumstances,

9. EUSS basics: who should register
• EU citizen (27 countries)
• EEA (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)
• Swiss citizens
• Holders of Permanent Residence Cards
• Their close family members (spouse or civil partner, child aged under
21, or dependent child or grandchild any age, dependent parent) who
are living here on a family permit
• Living here at the moment of Brexit, currently 31 October 2019
• Zambrano carers (non-EU sole carers of a UK child)

10. EUSS basics: Living here
• The requirement is to be living here
• No need to be "qualified" as with benefit applicants
• No need for national insurance contributions
• Gaps are allowed, up to 6 months in any 12, and one of up to 12
months for reasons related to pregnancy, childbirth or military
service

11. EUSS basics: deadlines
• Currently Brexit is heading for no deal 31st October 2019 so people
need to be living here by then. This may change.
• Deadline for EUSS applications:
• 31 December 2020 if no deal
• 30 June 2021 if there is a deal
• I would recommend you sign up with the home office for updates
• www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

12. EUSS basics: who can't register
• Extended family members who are here on a family permit
• Those not living here by the Brexit date (this is a developing area and
at this moment there is no way to apply for a visa if you arrive after
Brexit date, plus deal or no deal – we don't know
• BUT:
• You can register from outside the UK if you are currently studying
abroad or doing military service. In any 12 months you are using to
apply, you can be out of the UK for 6 months and still maintain to be
living here.
• Close family members can register

13. EUSS basics: who doesn't need to register
• Irish citizens, those with dual UK and EU/EEA/Swiss citizenship
• Those with Indefinite Leave to Remain (given to EU arrivals in the 70s
and 80s)
• BUT
• ILR holders can choose to register
• ILR is lost after 2 years out of the UK, EU settled after 5 years out
• EU settled is free
• No language test
• Need to carry ILR with you

15. So: your client/patient/service user needs to
register
• Consider if they have email, mobile phone
• ID doc
• Do they have digital skills?
• Help them get documents together
• 0800 0564 745
• Remember not to give immigration advice

16. EUSS basics: what you need to register
• The EU/EEA/Swiss or close FM's passport or ID card, current
• If you have a Permanent Residence Card, have it to hand (note that
PR cards look very similar to Residence Cards)
• Evidence of living here, no need to go back more than 5 years
• National insurance number
• Bank statements
• Council tax bills
• No need to show 5 years' residence if PR card holder

17. EUSS basics: Some caveats before proceeding
• If the passport or ID expires in the next 6 months, wait till renewed
• If the registrant is about to complete 5 years continuously living in the
UK wait till they are complete
• Be aware of deadlines and deal/no deal

18. EUSS basics: how to register 1
• EU Exit app on Android
• Phone must be NFC enabled, so a smart phone with camera etc
• Registrant must have email address and mobile phone

19. EUSS basics: how to register 2
• Three steps:
• verify ID (best done via app)
• verify residence
• verify no serious criminal record, also if you've ever been involved in
terrorism, extremism or genocide
• Has to be done in person
• EU/EEA/Swiss adults then their children and close FMs
• Paper version issued on demand (I believe)
• On computer: www.gov.uk/staying-UK-EU-citizen

20. EUSS basics: what registrants get
• Settled status: if you can show 5 years' continuously living here
(similar to Indefinite leave to remain)
• Pre-settled status: if you are living here but not for 5 years (similar to
Limited leave to remain)
• The registrant will be sent an email to confirm they've applied, then
an email with a letter saying they have received settled or pre-settled
status
• There is no stamp or card issued
• To check your status on the register need passport number and DOB
to check online

21. Issues 1
• The letter states which status you have, but also says it is not
evidence of the status. For that you need to login as and when it is
required. Will landlords and employers and border security expect
you to login while you are standing there? Will they check for you?
• Many EU citizens have said a card or a stamp would be much better
• Those who have applied for a Permanent Residence card in the past
still need to apply to register for this (but are exempt from needing to
show 5 years' residence) so being a conscientious migrant hasn't
helped

22. Issues 2
• Plenty of people struggle (cared-for kids, victims of DV, homeless)
• No ID document, cost of getting ID/PP, unsure of citizenship
• Elderly, person with disability, care home resident: mental capacity
• Not working so no NINo
• No docs in own name
• People get pre-settled status when they have been here for a long
time because of extra docs required from some people
• Absolute refusal to accept the need to register
• Criminal records (ring resolution centre)

23. EUSS and Criminal convictions
• Not laid down exactly where the line is
• Those with a serious conviction or several less serious (but serial)
convictions will find themselves not granted status
• Time spent in prison: the 5 year clock starts from release
• So breaks the 5 year continuous requirement
• The registrant does have to be honest, because any breach here will
affect your good character requirement in the future and may cause
immigration rules to have been breached down the line

24. Good things
• No requirement to have worked or to qualify for status
• Registration not application
• App is very easy to use, majority of people can do it themselves
• Some issues can be overcome before registering: apply for NINo,
renew the passport, change docs to applicant's name

25. After you've registered
• Keep Home office up to date with new ID docs
• Switch to settled status from pre at the end of 5 years' continuous
residence
• No difference between Leave to Enter and Leave to Remain (only an
indication if you were in the country at the time of registering)

26. Upcoming problems
• What will happen to those who've not registered within the deadline?
• People not registering may have a genuine reason, eg lack of evidence
or afraid to reveal criminal record
• Some services are asking for settled status even though the deadline
to register is some way off
• What if there is no Brexit?

27. EUSS basics: Complex cases
• Some people may be British and don't need to go through this but
register as British citizens
• children born here, lost passports or in care/capacity issues)
• Unclear citizenships
• My colleagues at Ealing Law Centre will present the specialist service
they provide