As the pace of negotiations increases and comes to a head before
the UK's planned exit from the EU next March, it is a good time
to take stock of the current UK immigration landscape.
EU nationals have taken heart from the new EU Settlement Scheme,
which flows from the draft Withdrawal Agreement reached in
principle between the UK and EU in December 2017. In keeping with
this, the UK has created a simple online registration system for EU
nationals in the form of the EU Settlement Scheme. All EU nationals
compliantly in the UK now, or arriving in the UK before the end of
the Implementation/Transition phase on 31 December 2020, will need
to register by a deadline of 30 June 2021. A phased roll out of the
EU Settlement Scheme has already begun in the North West of England
and full implementation is due from March 2019.
