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EU Settlement Scheme – family and travel permits: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how to assess and decide applications for EU Settlement Scheme family and travel permits.

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From:
Home Office
Published:
5 April 2019
Last updated:
30 July 2026
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  1. The guidance has been updated to reflect the changes in the EUSS travel permit.

  2. The guidance has been updated.

  3. Updated to to reflect Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1491, laid on 9 December 2025 and to publish the guidance applicable where EUSS status has been granted in error.

  4. Updated the guidance in line with changes to the Immigration Rules.

  5. Changes have been made to reflect the closure of the biometric residence card replacement service.

  6. Changes have been made to the section on considering a valid application.

  7. Accessible version added.

  8. Family members of qualifying British citizens will no longer be able to obtain an EUSS family permit if they apply for it after 8 August 2023.

  9. Updated to reflect the changes to Appendix EU (Family Permit) made in Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1160, laid on 9 March 2023. Added accessible version of the document.

  10. Updated to reflect changes to Appendix EU (Family Permit).

  11. Updated to include a temporary concession to treat the Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus as part of the European Economic Area where an accompanying family member of a member of HM Forces, who was posted there before the end of the transition period, otherwise meets the requirements as a 'family member of a qualifying British citizen'.

  12. Guidance updated to reflect the changes to Appendix EU (Family Permit) made in Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1118, laid on 15 March 2022.

  13. Updated to reflect the 29 March 2022 application deadline for certain family members of qualifying British citizens.

  14. Updated guidance.

  15. Updated guidance published. Changes are detailed on page 7.

  16. Guidance updated. Updates to the tables setting out the countries that have extended the validity of their identity documents in response to the COVID-19 situation, which documents the extensions apply to, and the impact on the expiry date.

  17. Updated guidance. Changes include widening access to the EUSS travel permit to include those whose biometric residence card has expired while they are outside the UK.

  18. Updated the guidance.

  19. Updated guidance.

  20. Updated guidance.

  21. Updated EU Settlement Scheme: family permits guidance.

  22. Updated guidance.

  23. First published.

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EU Settlement Scheme: family permit and travel permit

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff assess and decide applications for EU Settlement Scheme family and travel permits made under Appendix EU (Family Permit) of the Immigration Rules.

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