EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members Version 13.0 Page 1 of 225 Published for Home Office staff on 20 July 2021 Contents Contents ..................................................................................................................... 2 About this guidance .................................................................................................. 10 Application process ............................................................................................... 11 Cost of application ................................................................................................ 12 The best interests of a child .................................................................................. 12 Contacts ............................................................................................................... 13 Publication ............................................................................................................ 13 Changes from last version of this guidance .......................................................... 13 Who can apply ......................................................................................................... 14 EEA citizen ........................................................................................................... 15 Relevant EEA citizen ............................................................................................ 15 Applications made before 1 July 2021 .............................................................. 15 Applications made on or after 1 July 2021 ........................................................ 17 Islands .................................................................................................................. 20 Irish citizen ............................................................................................................ 20 Non-EEA citizen.................................................................................................... 20 Family member of a relevant EEA citizen ............................................................. 20 Joining family member of a relevant sponsor ....................................................... 21 Relevant naturalised British citizen ....................................................................... 21 Family member of a dual British and EEA citizen (McCarthy cases) .................... 23 Relevant person of Northern Ireland ..................................................................... 24 Specified relevant person of Northern Ireland ...................................................... 24 Person exempt from immigration control .............................................................. 25 Frontier worker...................................................................................................... 26 Relevant document ............................................................................................... 26 Specified relevant document ................................................................................ 28 Family member of a qualifying British citizen ........................................................ 28 Person with, or who had, a derivative or Zambrano right to reside ....................... 28 Making an application: deadline ............................................................................... 30 Required date ....................................................................................................... 30 Reasonable grounds for failing to meet the deadline ............................................ 31 Encountered by Immigration Enforcement ........................................................ 34 Examples of reasonable grounds ......................................................................... 35 Page 2 of 225 Published for Home Office staff on 20 July 2021 Children (including children in care and care leavers) ....................................... 35 Example 1 ......................................................................................................... 36 Example 2 ......................................................................................................... 36 Example 3 ......................................................................................................... 37 Example 4 ......................................................................................................... 37 Physical or mental capacity and/or care or support needs ................................... 37 Example 1 ......................................................................................................... 38 Example 2 ......................................................................................................... 38 Serious medical condition or significant medical treatment .................................. 38 Example 1 ......................................................................................................... 39 Example 2 ......................................................................................................... 39 Victim of modern slavery ................................................................................... 39 Example ............................................................................................................ 40 Abusive or controlling relationship or situation .................................................. 40 Example ............................................................................................................ 41 Other compelling practical or compassionate reasons ......................................... 42 Example 1 ......................................................................................................... 43 Example 2 ......................................................................................................... 43 Example 3 ......................................................................................................... 44 Exempt from immigration control ....................................................................... 44 Example ............................................................................................................ 45 Existing limited leave to enter or remain ........................................................... 45 Example ............................................................................................................ 46 Existing indefinite leave to enter or remain ....................................................... 46 Example ............................................................................................................ 47 Document or status under the EEA Regulations ............................................... 47 Example ............................................................................................................ 47 Making an application: validity .................................................................................. 49 Required application process: applications made online ...................................... 49 Required application process: applications made on paper application form ....... 49 Required proof of identity and nationality .............................................................. 49 Required proof of entitlement to apply from outside the UK ................................. 52 Required biometrics .............................................................................................. 54 Validity consideration ............................................................................................ 54 Treating an application as void ............................................................................. 54 Certificate of application ....................................................................................... 55 Multiple applications ............................................................................................. 55 Page 3 of 225 Published for Home Office staff on 20 July 2021 Further applications .............................................................................................. 56 Alternative evidence of identity and nationality or of entitlement to apply from outside the UK ...................................................................................................................... 58 Circumstances where alternative evidence may be accepted .............................. 59 Document unobtainable from national authority ................................................ 59 Document exists but cannot be produced ......................................................... 59 Refugee status or humanitarian protection ....................................................... 60 Other reasons document cannot be obtained or produced ............................... 60 Other supporting information or evidence ......................................................... 62 Irish citizens ...................................................................................................... 63 Withdrawing an application ...................................................................................... 64 Requesting to withdraw an application ................................................................. 64 Requesting to withdraw online .............................................................................. 64 Requesting to withdraw by post 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