Zambrano Settled Status EU settlement scheme Paper Application Form

[naa]

Hello CHi'smum
What of zambrano carers who already hold a derivative residence cards. Can they apply

[sid7867]

Hello CHi'smum
What of zambrano carers who already hold a derivative residence cards. Can they apply

Yes if you already do you can apply

[ada4msd]

I bumped across this while searching the net. Hope it does clarify some doubts while we wait. Just submitted my paper application so waiting patiently for a positive outcome!!

link to third party solicitor website removed by moderator.

Apparently the two links are one, second one is a continuation to the first link. Could not get both together. I guess it makes meaning!!

[ada4msd]

Contd: had to copy and paste as the link was removed by admin. Just for clarity. This is from a private website not sure if all information contained are true!!

....some general information on the application process under the EU settlement scheme.

Deadline

If you are an EU or EEA national or their family member, and wish to remain in the UK after Brexit, you need to apply for Settled or Pre-Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the deadline would be the 30th December 2020, however if the UK leaves the EU with a deal, it would be possible to make an application up to the 30th of June 2021.

Who can and should apply?

The scheme is fully open for:

EU, EEA or Swiss citizens
Non-EEA citizen’s family members
According to Annex 1 to Appendix EU, a ‘family member of a relevant EEA citizen’ is:

A spouse,
A civil partner,
A durable partner (unmarried partnership akin to marriage or civil partnership),
A child, grandchild or great-grandchild (including of the spouse or civil partner),
A dependent parent, grandparent or great-grandparent (including of the spouse or civil partner)
A dependent relative (including of the spouse or civil partner where the applicant holds a relevant document in the UK as the result of an application made before the 1st of February 2017).
Fake news and confusion

We have noted a lot of confusion, misinformation and fake news on the internet i.e. generally, if you are a spouse of a British national, the scheme is not for you, unless you applied under the Surinder Sigh route.

Further, if you have Leave to Remain as a parent of a British national, the scheme is also not for you, unless you are the primary carer of a British citizen and have for example a Derivative Residence Card (the Zambrano Route).

How to apply?

Generally, the application is made online and the easiest way is to use an app; the EU Exit: ID Document Check. App, allowing you to scan your documents, provided that you have any of the following:

A valid passport
A biometric residence card
A biometric residence permit
The app is easy to use, allowing you to scan your document, which you can usually retain during the application process.

However, the app only is available on Android phones, and as far as I am aware is still not working on all of them e.g. old android phones, some Huawei etc.

The good news is that if you do not have an android phone, you still can apply, however you would have to post your document to the Home Office. Alternatively, you can use an ID document scanner location. There has been an announcement that the app should be also available for iPhones by the end of 2019.

Automated checks (Application Programming Interface (API))

Normally during the application process, if you provide your National Insurance number, appropriate checks will be run against HMRC and certain DWP records (backdated up to 7 years) to establish how long you have been resident in the UK.

Where these checks indicate that you have been resident in the UK for a continuous qualifying period of 5 years, and when you have confirmed, by way of a self-declaration as part of the application process, that you have not since been absent from the UK for a period of more than 5 consecutive years, usually no further evidence of residence will be required to determine eligibility.
If this is not the case, you would be required to post/upload additional documents to the Home Office to prove your residency in the UK. For example, if you have not been working continuously in the UK, or the system is not able to pick up your record for some other reason, then you probably would need to post documents to the Home Office to prove your 5 year residency in the UK.

Pre-settled status

If you have been resident for less than 5 years and you are able to meet all the suitability criteria, you should be granted pre-settled status, which is equivalent to Leave to Remain under the normal rules (you should apply for pre-settled status if you intend to live in the UK after Brexit).

Subsequently, once you accrue 5 years of continuous residence, you will be able to switch to Settled Status, which is equivalent to Indefinite Leave to Remain under the normal rules. However, unlike ILR granted under the normal rules, which only allows you to leave the country for 2 years, when you are granted Settled Status under the EU settlement scheme you can leave UK for up to 5 years and you will not lose your status.
Application fees and processing time

Currently there are no application fees for Pre-Settled Status or Settled Status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Your application should be processed within 4 – 14 days.

If you are a non-EU national you might also need to attend a Biometric Enrolment appointment once you have submitted your application and this normally costs £19.20 (payable at the appointment at your local post office) or about £60 -100 if booking via UKVI commercial partner.

Who cannot use an app and apply online

You’ll need to apply on a paper form if you’re not an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen and you’re:

the family member of a British citizen and you lived with them outside the UK in an EU or EEA country or Switzerland (Surinder Sigh)
the family member of an EEA citizen who’s become a British citizen
a carer for a British, EU, EEA or Swiss citizen (Zambrano route)
Unfortunately, for this group of people, the paper form is not available to download; in order to obtain a form, you would usually need to first contact the EU Settlement Resolution Centre, to find out how to apply. You’ll be asked a few questions over the phone before they will send the application form.
Permanent Residence Card vs ILR under Settled Status Scheme

When it comes to an application for Settled Status under the EU settlement scheme, the process is definitely easier and faster. Additionally it is free of charge!

Nonetheless, you still have the option of applying for Permanent Resident Status, and it might be worth a shot if you would like to apply for British nationality faster, as the letter that comes from the Home Office when your application for PR card is successful will show when you accrued Permanent Resident Status e.g. if you have been working in the UK continuously for 5 years since 2008, you probably accrued PR status in 2013.
Hence, once you get the card confirming this, you will be able to apply for British nationality straight away (bearing in mind that you are able to meet all the other requirements). If you are not married to a British national, you generally need to hold ILR/PR for at least one year before you can apply.

You would not have this facility when Settled Status is granted under the EU settlement scheme, as the letter will confirm your ILR from the date of the Home Office decision, hence you would need to wait for 12 months before you can make an application (unless you are married to a British citizen).

Further, an application for a PR card might still be worth considering if you wish to have less paperwork, for example in order to apply for your child’s British passport i.e. if your child was born after you accrued Permanent Resident Status.

An application for your child’s British passport is still possible when you do not have a Permanent Residence card or Settled Status, however, you would then also need to submit proof that you had acquired Permanent Resident status before the child was born.
Overall, an application for Settled Status is much easier, less paperwork and free of charge, as opposed to the old Permanent Residence Card application, which currently costs £65 and is much more complicated. However, teething issues remain and one would be advised to consult a qualified immigration solicitor, especially if your case is not straightforward.

[Hope16]

Update
If you follow my post, I did say l have 2 daughters one British one Irish both minors 16 and 14.
05/06/19 Applied to settlement scheme for my EEA daughter online (l know l don't have to, but using Chen)
05/06/19 COA for her immediately via email
06/06/19 Applied online for myself and hubby for settled status linking us as her family members.
18/06/19 Biometrics done at Croydon
COA pending

I intend to withdraw my Zambrano application when l receive COA for the Chen one. As it is nothing has been heard about our paper application form for Zambrano carers.

Hi I am a parent of an eu child as well how long has your procedure taken altogether as I have tried (via lawyer )to send in my daughter’s application and wait for her outcome before doing mine as I hold no leave to remain at the moment ..will it be better if while hers is in I send my paper application too ?

[sid7867]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

[What_Do_I_Know]

Congratulations are in order.

[Jen1979]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Congratulations. That’s amazing news.

[What_Do_I_Know]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Congratulations are in order.

[sid7867]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Congratulations. That’s amazing news.

It is indeed

hoping others waiting get a response soon

finally home office have started moving in a pace to get these applications looked at.

[naa]

Congratulations

[Topsibelle]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Oh wow congratulations.
I'm very happy for you...finally the end of immigration issues.

[Topsibelle]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Oh wow congratulations.
I'm very happy for you...finally the end of immigration issues.

For your Chen derivative residence, did you apply online or with paper application form?
Just trying to gauge how long more l have to wait ?

[sid7867]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Oh wow congratulations.
I'm very happy for you...finally the end of immigration issues.

For your Chen derivative residence, did you apply online or with paper application form?
Just trying to gauge how long more l have to wait ?

you have to apply through paper application.
please dont make the mistake of applying online as the application will get accepted and you will receive a COA too however the moment it reaches a caseworker you will receive another email saying your application was void as the online cohort does not include chen or derivative right.

Request a paper application.

Hopefully it should take 2 months from the time you send the application to receiving your status

[Jen1979]

Did u go through the biometric process.

[Topsibelle]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Oh wow congratulations.
I'm very happy for you...finally the end of immigration issues.

For your Chen derivative residence, did you apply online or with paper application form?
Just trying to gauge how long more l have to wait ?

you have to apply through paper application.
please dont make the mistake of applying online as the application will get accepted and you will receive a COA too however the moment it reaches a caseworker you will receive another email saying your application was void as the online cohort does not include chen or derivative right.

Request a paper application.

Hopefully it should take 2 months from the time you send the application to receiving your status

Oh dear, l have a bit of issue then as l applied online for chen and l did my biometrics on the 19th June 2019. I have contacted the EUSS scheme twice by email and they keep saying my application has been submitted successfully.
I got the COA on the 20/06/19.

Did you do biometrics at all?

[askmeplz82]

The types of derivative residence rights are as:

Zambrano carers
Chen carers
Ibrahim and Teixeira cases

Zambrano is COMPLEX application. A Zambrano carer is the non-EEA national primary carer of a British citizen . it's not straightforward application.

A Chen carer is a primary carer of a self-sufficient EEA national child.

Ibrahim and Teixeira cases involve either the child of an EEA national worker/former worker where that child is in education in the UK

Please don't mix up

[Topsibelle]

The types of derivative residence rights are as:

Zambrano carers
Chen carers
Ibrahim and Teixeira cases

Zambrano is COMPLEX application. A Zambrano carer is the non-EEA national primary carer of a British citizen . it's not straightforward application.

A Chen carer is a primary carer of a self-sufficient EEA national child.

Ibrahim and Teixeira cases involve either the child of an EEA national worker/former worker where that child is in education in the UK

Please don't mix up

I did biometrics on the 19th June.

I have 2 kids both a British citizen and a EU citizen respectively.

[sid7867]

Oh wow congratulations.
I'm very happy for you...finally the end of immigration issues.

For your Chen derivative residence, did you apply online or with paper application form?
Just trying to gauge how long more l have to wait ?

you have to apply through paper application.
please dont make the mistake of applying online as the application will get accepted and you will receive a COA too however the moment it reaches a caseworker you will receive another email saying your application was void as the online cohort does not include chen or derivative right.

Request a paper application.

Hopefully it should take 2 months from the time you send the application to receiving your status

Oh dear, l have a bit of issue then as l applied online for chen and l did my biometrics on the 19th June 2019. I have contacted the EU Settlement Scheme scheme twice by email and they keep saying my application has been submitted successfully.
I got the COA on the 20/06/19.

Did you do biometrics at all?

Hi

dont worry too much about it.

I've known the EU settlement centre soo well that they're experts at giving immature information to get people off their case for that moment in time.

Best thing to do is when you call ask for a supervisor or manager to speak to.

Also if you've given biometrics then I'd say wait.
I also made the mistake of an online application as I had a biometric residence card under derivative rights. They accepted the application and COA received. each call to the resolution centre, they said things look great. After full 4 weeks I got an email telling me to discard the COA as I dont meet the online cohort and apply via paper.

I did not do biometrics as my current biometric is still valid until 2023

[Topsibelle]

For your Chen derivative residence, did you apply online or with paper application form?
Just trying to gauge how long more l have to wait ?

you have to apply through paper application.
please dont make the mistake of applying online as the application will get accepted and you will receive a COA too however the moment it reaches a caseworker you will receive another email saying your application was void as the online cohort does not include chen or derivative right.

Request a paper application.

Hopefully it should take 2 months from the time you send the application to receiving your status

Oh dear, l have a bit of issue then as l applied online for chen and l did my biometrics on the 19th June 2019. I have contacted the EU Settlement Scheme scheme twice by email and they keep saying my application has been submitted successfully.
I got the COA on the 20/06/19.

Did you do biometrics at all?

Hi

dont worry too much about it.

I've known the EU settlement centre soo well that they're experts at giving immature information to get people off their case for that moment in time.

Best thing to do is when you call ask for a supervisor or manager to speak to.

Also if you've given biometrics then I'd say wait.
I also made the mistake of an online application as I had a biometric residence card under derivative rights. They accepted the application and COA received. each call to the resolution centre, they said things look great. After full 4 weeks I got an email telling me to discard the COA as I dont meet the online cohort and apply via paper.

I did not do biometrics as my current biometric is still valid until 2023

Thank you for this information. I will call them today.
However, so far l have 2 biometrics with them. One, l completed when l wanted to renew my derivative residence card done in April 2019 which was refused and the other for EUSS done 19/6/19.
I did request and completed a paper application form for Zambrano as primary carers for our British citizen child. I posted to them on the 4th June.

Fingers crossed.

[ada4msd]

Hi just to update everyone I have received a reply from the home office EU settlement scheme.

The email contained a attachment which declared that I've been granted settled status Indefinite leave to remain.

My application was made as a derivative right chen. primary carer of a EEA national child.
Application made 14/05/2019
application received by HO 15/05/2019
COA received 21/06/2019
settled status granted 06/07/2019

good luck to everyone waiting a response

Waow great news indeed!!
Congratulations, you can now fully smile as immigration palaver is now over, pheeew!!
News of hope!!

[sabrinana]

Dear All,

Just seeing if anyone can provide some advice for my friend.

My friend has a paper Immigration status document due to expire on the 21 Aug 2019. It is a derivative residence card.

She is a Chinese national with two British children and the partner is a British national he is the father of the two children. They continue to live together as a family.

We have called the EU Settlement Resolution Centre and explained the circumstances to them but where told the EU settlement scheme does not apply and that she must make another type of application.

Thanks in advance.

[Tinumo]

I think it is because the husband is a British and she’s got 2 British national children and I think she’s depending on them under the partner and a parent of a British National route.

If the resolution center says she’s not eligible that explains why.

Maybe I am wrong

[Tinumo]

Has anyone heard anything or know anyone that has been granted or refused under the zambrano carer paper application route yet ?
Surrinder & sigh and Chen carers has been telling their success story so far and it took 5-6weeks some were even less..

[Topsibelle]

No success or unsuccessful story for Zambrano carers so far.