According to statistics, the number of applications submitted by Hungarians by September 30 approached 170 thousand.
After the country left the European Union as part of Brexit, the door remained open to EU citizens who are legally and way of life until the end of 2020, until the end of the 11-month transition period that began after Britain ended. Membership of the European Union (Brexit) established in Great Britain, they can remain in the country while retaining all the rights they have been granted. For this, they had to apply for a residence permit for an indefinite period of time – EU settlement status with an official legal name.
The same applies to citizens of the European Union and the wider European Economic Area (EEA) made up of Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland who have settled in Great Britain. In principle, the application deadline ended on June 30 last year. However, the British government continues to encourage those who are entitled to submit their application anyway, because the authorities will accept and assess legitimate settlement applications that meet the criteria despite the deadline.
According to a new summary provided by the British Home Office on Thursday, citizens of the 27 member states of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland living in Great Britain as of September 30 had received 6,874,700 settlement applications as of September 30, and nearly 823,000 of those applications had been received by the date. Final 30 June 2021. Apply after the deadline. By the end of the third quarter, 6.7 million applications had been processed.
In 50 percent of the applications evaluated and approved, applicants were granted permanent status—that is, without a deadline—and in 40 percent of cases, they were pre-settled.
(MTI)
