This page provides information on the EU Settlement Scheme for students.
Please note the deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021.
Students from the EU who do not hold Settled or Pre-settled status require a visa to begin or continue studies at GCU in the UK.
Students from the EU will require a Student visa for studies of more than six months.
Most people will be able to complete their application, including identity verification, using a smartphone app. If you can’t access the smartphone app or you don’t have a biometric passport, you may need to go to a Visa Application Centre in your country.
Students from the EU coming to the UK to undertake an exchange with studies less than six months are eligible to enter the UK under the Standard Visitor Visa Route .
Overview
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If you’re from the EU , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you and your family might be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK. You might also be able to apply if you’re the family member of an eligible person of Northern Ireland.
The deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021. This deadline does not apply if you already have pre-settled status and you’re applying for settled status.
If you’re joining a family member, your deadline will be based on when you first arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020, as long as:
your family member was living in the UK by 31 December 2020 you were their family member by 31 December 2020 (this does not apply to children born or adopted after this date) the family relationship still exists when you apply Check if you can still apply after 30 June 2021 .
You may be able to stay in the UK without applying - for example, if you’re an Irish citizen, or you already have indefinite leave to enter or remain.
If your application is successful, you’ll get either settled or pre-settled status.
If you already have pre-settled status
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You’ll usually be eligible for settled status once you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years in a row. It’s free to apply.
Your pre-settled status will be extended by 5 years just before it’s due to expire. You’ll be sent an email telling you when this happens.
After your pre-settled status has been extended, it may be automatically converted to settled status. You can also apply for settled status as soon as you’re eligible.
The Home Office may cancel the extension if they think you no longer meet the requirements.
Find out about moving from pre-settled status to settled status .
If you have not yet applied to the EU Settlement Scheme
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Your rights in the UK are not protected unless you have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme and received a certificate of application.
This means you cannot:
access benefits and services (including free NHS healthcare) work or study in the UK rent a property in England How to protect your rights by applying Once you’ve applied and received your certificate of application to the EU Settlement Scheme, your rights are protected.
This protection will last until you get a decision on your application or the outcome of an appeal.
You can use your certificate of application to prove your rights in the UK, for example the right to work, rent, claim benefits or use NHS services.
You can view your certificate online . You will also receive a copy of your certificate in the post or by email, depending on how you applied.
If you’re a joining family member
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If you are a joining family member , your rights will automatically be protected for 90 days from the date of your arrival in the UK.
After 90 days, your automatic temporary protection will end. You’ll need to prove that you’ve submitted an application to continue to access your rights in the UK.
If you arrive in the UK illegally your application will be rejected.
If you’re waiting for a decision
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After you’ve applied, you’ll get a certificate of application. The certificate will explain what you can use it for while you’re waiting for a decision – for example, whether you can use it to prove your right to work in the UK.
Check what you’ll need to do once you’ve got a decision on your application.
Fees
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It’s free to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Who can still apply?
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The deadline for most people to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021.
You can still apply if either:
the deadline for you to apply is after 30 June 2021 you have ‘reasonable grounds’ for why you’re applying now, and not by the deadline or in the time since the deadline passed Who has a later deadline to apply You have a different deadline if you’re eligible to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme for one of the following reasons.
How you’re eligible to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme Your deadline to apply You’re applying as a family member of someone from the EU , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein who was living here by 31 December 2020, and has settled or pre-settled status, and you joined them in the UK on or after 1 April 2021, and you did not enter the UK as a visitor 90 days from the first date you arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020 or when your permission to be in the UK expires, whichever is later You’re applying as a family member of someone from the EU , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein who was living here by 31 December 2020, and has settled or pre-settled status, and you joined them in the UK on or after 1 April 2021, and you entered the UK as a visitor 90 days from the first date you arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020 You’re applying for your child who was born or adopted in the UK on or after 1 April 2021 90 days from when your child was born or adopted You’re the family member of an eligible person of Northern Ireland , but they could not move back to the UK without you by 31 December 2020 - you must be from outside the EU , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein 90 days from when you arrive in the UK You’re exempt from immigration control, or you stopped being exempt from immigration control after 30 June 2021 If you’re exempt from immigration control, you do not have to apply to the scheme. If you choose to do so, you can apply at any time. If you stop being exempt, you have 90 days to apply You were living in the UK by 31 December 2020, and you got limited leave to enter or remain in the UK before 30 June 2021 and that leave expires after 30 June 2021 Before that leave expires
If you did not apply by the deadline You can still apply if you’re eligible and can show ‘reasonable grounds’ for why you could not apply by the deadline or in the time since the deadline passed.
Where can I find out more?
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