EU Settlement Scheme - Eligible?

[Lolirk]

Hi all,

I am a EU citizen, but I am not sure I am eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme.

I will move to the UK in February 2021 to start a full-time job, so after the end of the transition period. I worked for a month for a company in London. However, due to COVID, I could not go to the UK but worked remotely from a EU country. I do not have a NI number but have payslips.

Am I eligible for pre-settled status or since I wasn't physically in the UK I am not?

Thank you very much!

[alterhase58]

Suggest you arrive and apply before 31.12.2020, if you really want to come here !
Quote from the official guidance:
"If you do not have 5 years’ continuous residence when you apply, you’ll usually get pre-settled status. You must have started living in the UK by 31 December 2020."
https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-ci ... atus-means

[Zerubbabel]

December 31, 2020 is a hard limit.

You must be in the UK before if you want to go under that scheme. Working remotely for a UK based company doesn't help. You need to be physically in the UK with the intention to reside (not as a mere visitor).

UK borders are open. Covid is not a factor.

[kamoe]

I worked for a month for a company in London. However, due to COVID, I could not go to the UK but worked remotely from a EU country. I do not have a NI number but have payslips.

If you do not have a NI either you worked illegally, or you did not work for a UK company.

You might have legally worked for a EU company that is a supplier of a company in the UK, and have such payslips. This does not make you an employee of the UK company, but rather an employee of the EU company. Big difference.

In other words, to say that you "worked for a company in the UK" you need to have been enrolled in their UK payroll, which you cannot do without a NI.

Am I eligible for pre-settled status or since I wasn't physically in the UK I am not?

As you have described, and if you have not been in the UK exercising treaty rights before the end of 2020 in any other way (studying, looking for work, or self-sufficiently paying UK tax), then you are not.