Settled status: UNISON can help

After the EU referendum the government decided to introduce a new immigration status for EU citizens called ‘settled status’. What does this mean? People who are citizens or have a passport of a European Union member state, or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, and are in the UK by the 31 December 2020, are required to apply (along with family members) to the EU settlement scheme to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. The Home Office campaign does not cover the full range of citizens who can apply under the scheme. The messaging is centred on “white” EU/EEA/Swiss citizens and some family members. Many overseas citizens in the UK do not identify as an EU/EEA and Swiss national because they are from another country, have dual nationality and are a passport holder of one of the EU/EEA country and/or Switzerland. Some might not realise yet that their stay in the UK is conditional on the status of their EU/EEA /Swiss family member(s) and they too must acquire status to remain in the UK. UNISON assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie said: “UNISON will carry on campaigning with, and on behalf of, our European members and their families to retain their existing rights post Brexit. “This government has already broken the promises they made to Europeans citizens and non-EU family members during the 2016 referendum campaign, by not granting them automatic indefinite leave to remain in the UK. “Instead, our members, who already contri...
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