Guidance

EU Settlement Scheme: customer granted pre-settled status

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications where the customer's parent was granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 2 June 2025
• Last updated: 27 April 2026
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  1. 27 April 2026

     This guidance has been updated to remove reference to the Application Management System (AMS); to refer to section 45 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, which came into force on 2 December 2025; and to tell HM Passport Office operational staff how to deal with automatic extensions to pre-settled status and changes from pre-settled status to settled status.

  2. 2 June 2025

     First published.

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications where the customer’s nationality claim is through a parent who:

• was granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• has a Withdrawal Agreement right of permanent residence by carrying out a qualifying activity