Done:Miss A wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:54 pmI found a campaign going on twitter called bye bye to csi, which was set up by a group called the 3million. They urge every EU citizens to write to their MP to call on government to scrap the need of csi. I think it will make a significant impact if everyone could do this.
Dear XXX
I am one of your constituents.
I'm an EU citizen and have been here since 1992 with my family - at the moment, given the uncertain times we live in, me and my family are going through the process of applying for British citizenship.
Last month, an updated guidance of the Home Office made clear that for some EU citizens with Settled Status who are applying for British citizenship, the infamous Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) is coming back to haunt them.
To become a British citizen, EU citizens with EUSS who were students or self-sufficient in the qualifying period, will need to show that they had CSI.
Becoming British is a personal choice, but for those who want to, the option should be as simple as possible.
The Government has confirmed time again that it wishes to make EU citizens feel welcome in the UK - and that we are appreciated as friends, neighbours and colleagues.
Please note the following points:
Until 2017, CSI was hardly known as a requirement to be exercising treaty rights - for those not working. In our daily life it was not needed, as EU citizens we had access to the NHS. The NHS never asked for any insurance;
To require it now in citizenship applications for those who apply with EUSS is not in the spirit of what was promised by the current and previous governments. After all, it was dropped for EUSS - Theresa May even stated it explicitly in her Open Letter to All EU Citizens in October 2017;
Having been granted EUSS should be sufficient to show that we have been living in the UK lawfully, even as students or as someone with sufficient means;
Instead, it feels like on the one hand we are allowed to settle, but then on the other hand when we want to take the step of becoming a British citizen, a significant and unfair roadblock is put in our way;
I understand there are party politics at play, like in any political party - but please can I ask you to support amendment NC36, which I understand is due to be voted on tomorrow.
Take care.
Kind regards