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This is a 16-digit number in the format of x-x-x-x. You will find your UAN on the email you got from the Home Office to confirm that you had been granted ILR under the EU Settlement Scheme. The UAN will be found at the top right-hand side of your Home Office email; located beside 'Our Ref'.

It may take up to a month for complete applications to be processed, if no further information is required, but you may receive a decision more quickly.

Applying for settled status during the 2-year extension period. You can add together the time from your original period of pre-settled status and the extension period. You can then apply for settled status when you've lived in the UK for 5 years in a row.

If further information is required or your application is complex, it can take longer than this. You can call the Home Office EU Settlement Scheme Resolution Centre number (0300 123 7379) to ask for an update on your application.

It's free to apply. You'll need to make a new application to the scheme to switch from pre-settled status to settled status. Settled status gives you proof that you have the right to live in the UK permanently. You can usually apply for British citizenship once you've had settled status for 12 months.

Your application is likely to take longer than a month to process if: we need to request additional information from you, for example evidence relating to your residence in the UK. you are applying as a minor and your application is not linked to an adult. your supporting documents need to be verified.

The UAN is a 16-digit number, in the format '1234-1234-1234-1234'. It's in the email confirming your settled or pre-settled status.

Periods spent abroad which exceed 6 months do not automatically disqualify you from acquiring Permanent Residence. The Home Office has some discretion when deciding what constitutes an actual departure from, and thus genuine interruption of, your continuous stay in the UK.