Brexit Immigration Update: Joint Report From The EU And UK

On 8 December 2017 a joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the UK government was published, describing progress made during phase 1 of Brexit negotiations.

While significant progress has been made on citizens' rights, the parties stressed that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed".

What employers in the UK can take from this:

1. EU nationals resident in the UK (and UK nationals resident in the EU), by 29 March 2019, will be able to stay

This is the confirmation that many employers, and their employees, have been waiting for. This announcement allays any fears that there may be an earlier cut-off date (for example, the date on which article 50 was triggered), meaning that more recent arrivals in the UK/EU may not have been able to stay.