Great Britain left the European Union on January 31, 2020. However, EU nationals who have settled legally in Great Britain until the end of 2020, the 11-month transitional period that began after the termination of British membership in the European Union (Brexit), can continue In order to remain in the country, while retaining all their rights, but for an indefinite period of time, they must apply for a residence permit – EU settlement status with an official legal name.
The same applies to the broader European Economic Area (EEA) made up of the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. in Great Britain to its settled citizens.
Applications will be accepted even after the deadline
In principle, the application deadline ended on June 30 last year. The British government However, he continues to encourage those who are entitled to submit their applications anyway, because the authorities will accept and evaluate 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, the European Economic Area and Switzerland live in Great Britain.
By September 30, 6,874,700 settlement requests had been received,
And nearly 823,000 of those applications were submitted after the June 30, 2021 deadline. By the end of the third quarter, 6.7 million applications had been processed. In 50 percent of the applications assessed and approved, the applicants are final—that is, without a deadline—and in 40 percent of the cases they are pre-settled. hard mode Because they arrived.
The latter can be obtained by eligible persons who have not lived in Great Britain for five years at the time of application. However, they can also wait until the end of the five years and then obtain a permanent residence permit. In the period that has passed until then, they are also entitled to fully enjoy their acquired rights.
Romanians are at the top of the list
According to Thursday’s information, the British Home Office had rejected 375,400 applications assessed by the end of September, 143,550 applications had been withdrawn by applicants, and 131,150 applications were invalid for some reason. Together, this means that ten percent of applicants did not receive a settled placement.
According to UK Home Office statistics, 169,480 Hungarian citizens applied for a permanent residence permit in Great Britain as of September 30.
At the top of the list are the Romanians with 1,355,870 settlement requests, followed by the Poles, of whom 1,171,400 applied for the British. hard mode Until the end of the third quarter of this year. Among the citizens of large EU member states, Italians applied for the most residence permits: they had submitted 606,260 applications as of the end of September. As of the last day of the third quarter, nearly 400,000 Spaniards and a quarter of a million French have applied for residence permits from British authorities, MTI reported.
