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The application process is predominately digital. Applicants are encouraged to apply online, using an NFC-enabled iOS or Android device, and corresponding app, to scan the biometric chip on their EU/EFTA relevant passport or national identity card, where applicable, UK-issued biometric residence permit (BRP) or biometric residence card (BRC), after which they are free to complete the ...
In addition, family members were sometimes refused entry to the UK for failure to have a family permit. [1] A family permit could be issued for a short visit or to enable the holder to take up residence in the UK. As the document was valid only for six months, a person seeking to enter the UK after that would need to have applied for a new one.
This is the basis of the UK's Immigration EEA Regulations 2006, and the subsequent replacement regulations of 2016. EU Free Movement law is a constantly evolving and changing, which ensures that these regulations need to evolve frequently and this is shown by the significant number of amendments issued by Statutory instruments from the British ...
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 [1] (or EEA Regulations for short), amended by SI 2009/1117, [2] SI 2011/1247 [3] and SI 2015/694 [4] and which have now been mostly repealed and superseded by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, was a piece of British legislation which implemented the right of free movement of European Economic Area (EEA ...
Following Brexit, all EEA citizens' right to reside in the UK, including their permanent residence, will cease, although the UK government announced in October 2018 that any EEA citizen who takes up residence on or before 31 December 2020, or already took up residence (including holders of permanent residence status), will be eligible to apply ...
Tier 1 (General) closed for applications in the UK (i.e. completely) on 6 April 2011. There were transitional arrangements for applications undecided by 6 April 2011. Tier 1 (General) applied to highly skilled potential migrants looking for a job or wishing to become self-employed in the UK, and replaced the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme ...
Citizens of all European Economic Area (EEA) member states and Switzerland holding a valid passport or national identity card [368] [369] [370] enjoy freedom of movement rights in each other's territory and can enter and reside in the each other's territory without a visa. If EU, EEA and Swiss nationals are unable to present a valid passport or ...
The system is expected to process the vast majority of applications automatically by searching in electronic databases and providing an immediate response, but in some limited cases it may take up to 30 days. [18] [1] If approved, the authorisation will be valid for three years or until the expiry date of the travel document, whichever is ...