How to get settled status


A legal guide to help EU union members apply for settled status in the UK has been launched by specialists’ union Prospect and its media and entertainment section BECTU together with Thompsons Solicitors.


The guide sets out who has to apply, who is eligible and what to do about family members and dependents. It gives clarity on the meaning of certain terms and also what happens in the event of a no-deal Brexit.


The union was among many groups who forced the government to cancel the £65 fee it had planned to charge for settled status. However, the union says the process for applying for it “remains complicated”. A recent survey of its members shows that it is “a clear barrier to EU workers feeling welcome and remaining in the UK”.


www.prospect.org.uk/news/id/2019/January/24/Prospect-Thompsons-launch-settled-status-legal-guide