EUSS Scheme Automated Upgrades To Settled Status

EUSS scheme and EUSS Family Permit immigration permissions are a separate set of rules that has its own unique complexities.

In January 2025 Home Office published a factsheet informing of the automated upgrade to settled status. From early 2025, the Home Office is to introduce a new process to automatically convert eligible pre-settled status holders to settled status without the need for them to make a further EUSS application.

Settled status under EU Settlement Scheme gives permanent right to reside in the UK. EEA nationals and their family member(s) who lived in the UK for a continuous period of five years with EU Settlement Scheme status are able to apply for settled status (Indefinite Leave to Remain – ILR) under the EU Settlement Scheme.