EU Citizen Rights

At Seraphus, our commitment to EU citizens and their EU citizen family members goes beyond casework. Whilst we provide frontline support to individuals navigating the complex legal landscape of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), we also collaborate with the wider sector serving these communities to help ensure EU citizens can secure and exercise their rights […]

At Seraphus, we undertake a lot of work on EU citizens’ rights in the UK post-Brexit. This includes both policy work and representing individuals who are applying for immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme.  The EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) was meant to provide a straightforward route for EU citizens and their family members to […]

Since the UK left the EU and EU citizens living here have faced a new immigration reality through the introduction of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).  There have been challenges for those citizens, and the organisations supporting them, in making sure they retain their rights to reside, work and live in the UK. Especially for […]

On 24 June 2025, the Home Office published a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. Included in this statement is a very welcomed change that significantly simplify the absence rule for pre-settled status holders under the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) to move to settled status. Many of the enquiries we receive are about how the […]

In February 2025, Seraphus took over the coordination of the Civil Society EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) Alliance from New Europeans UK, who successfully convened the group since 2023. We are excited to bring the Alliance into our pro-bono work at Seraphus. As a team of leading immigration experts in the UK and with our position as advisers to the Delegation […]

The Home Office has announced on 17 January 2025, the new process under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to automatically convert eligible pre-settled status holders to settled status will begin before the end of the month. The plan to automate some pre-settled to settled status conversions was first announced in 2023. This new approach will remove the […]

The Home Office had announced that before the start of 2025 the immigration system will be digitalised but it is not without complication. In this article we run you through the basics of the new eVisas and what to do if you are an EU citizen or family member with passport endorsements.  As a part […]

Strategic legal charity, Here for Good, is challenging the Home Office in regard to the running of the EU Settlement Scheme. In a judicial review, issued on 12 February 2024, Here for Good argues that applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme should have a right of appeal against any rejections of late applications as invalid. Permission was granted […]

March 2024, marked five years since the full opening of the EU Settlement Scheme which granted millions of European nationals and their family members the right to live in the UK after Brexit came into effect.   The scheme is for EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens who were living in the UK by 31 December 2020 […]

Today, the UK government announced another statement of changes to the immigration rules, along with a memo explaining their rationale behind the changes. While some changes were anticipated, the statement of changes has implemented an immediate closure of the Ukraine Family Scheme, along with changes to other Ukraine schemes. Closure of Ukraine Family Scheme Effective […]

Will time outside of the UK affect my settled status application? As we reach five years since the EU Settlement Scheme fully opened to the public, more and more pre-settled status holders are becoming eligible to apply for settled status. While this should be straightforward for most, eligibility can be affected by various factors. To […]

Have you recently discovered that the permanent residence card you were issued with a while back is not actually valid and it turns out you have been unlawfully in the UK for the last 2 years? If so, you are not alone. We have recently received many enquiries from individuals who thought they were able […]

We are excited to share the news of our S.A.F.E (Strategic Alliance for Europeans) project – a new partnership between Here for Good, Seraphus and Wilson Solicitors LLP to challenge systems that put Europeans and their families at risk. EU citizens and their families not fully protected by the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and the […]

The Government’s implementation of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and the requirement for EU citizens with pre-settled status to make a mandatory second application to acquire settled status has been ruled as unlawful in a judgement by the High Court today. The issues reviewed by the court includes: if pre-settled status can expire, and if […]