Guidance

EEA nationals qualified persons: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on European Economic Area (EEA) national qualified persons.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 19 February 2015
• Last updated: 7 November 2023
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  1. 7 November 2023

     Changes made to reflect the High Court judgment in R (IMA) vs Secretary of State for the Home Department 2022.

  2. 4 August 2023

     Link to benefit cap on page 37 has been updated.

  3. 31 October 2022

     Updated the guidance to version 9.0.

  4. 26 October 2020

     Updated EEA document.

  5. 21 February 2020

     Updated guidance to reflect the changes introduced through the Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2019. In particular, changes have been made to clarify the policy in relation to workers or self-employed persons who have ceased activity.

  6. 20 November 2018

     Changes made to clarify the policy and required caseworker process in relation to assessing continuous residence of a qualified person.

  7. 9 August 2018

     Guidance updated.

  8. 24 July 2018

     Updated guidance.

  9. 1 February 2017

     Updated guidance.

  10. 9 April 2015

      Updated guidance.

  11. 26 February 2015

      Updated guidance.

  12. 19 February 2015

      First published.

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European Economic Area nationals: qualified persons (accessible)

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European Economic Area nationals: qualified persons

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff assess if an European Economic Area (EEA) national is a qualified person.