EU Settlement Scheme – family and travel permits: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on how to assess and decide applications for EU Settlement Scheme family and travel permits.
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- Home Office
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- 5 April 2019
- Last updated
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EU Settlement Scheme: family permit and travel permit
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff assess and decide applications for EU Settlement Scheme family and travel permits made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) of the Immigration Rules.
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Published 5 April 2019
Last updated 269 SeptemberApril 2024
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff assess and decide applications for EU Settlement Scheme family and travel permits made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) of the Immigration Rules.
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Update history
2025-04-09 06:00
Updated the guidance in line with changes to the Immigration Rules.
2024-09-26 06:00
Changes have been made to reflect the closure of the biometric residence card replacement service.
2024-02-06 11:24
Changes have been made to the section on considering a valid application.
2023-08-10 15:13
Accessible version added.
2023-08-09 00:01
Family members of qualifying British citizens will no longer be able to obtain an EUSS family permit if they apply for it after 8 August 2023.
2023-04-12 09:28
Updated to reflect the changes to Appendix EU (Family Permit) made in Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1160, laid on 9 March 2023. Added accessible version of the document.
2022-11-09 00:15
Updated to reflect changes to Appendix EU (Family Permit).
2022-08-11 12:31
Updated to include a temporary concession to treat the Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus as part of the European Economic Area where an accompanying family member of a member of HM Forces, who was posted there before the end of the transition period, otherwise meets the requirements as a ‘family member of a qualifying British citizen’.
2022-04-06 17:03
Guidance updated to reflect the changes to Appendix EU (Family Permit) made in Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1118, laid on 15 March 2022.
2022-03-25 09:32
Updated to reflect the 29 March 2022 application deadline for certain family members of qualifying British citizens.