Question follow-through · 7525

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the exemption criteria for the EU Settlement Scheme, in the context of the exceptional circumstances faced by some applicants during

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 7 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 9 Oct 2024
Answer: 15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the exemption criteria for the EU Settlement Scheme, in the context of the exceptional circumstances faced by some applicants during
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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15 Oct 2024
Answer published
There is already significant flexibility available to those applying to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) whose circumstances have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, they can be absent from the UK for a period of up to 12 months without br...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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