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If you've lived in the UK for less than 5 years You should make a late applicationfor pre-settled status. To get it, you'll need to prove you: lived in the UK for at least 1 day on or before 31 December 2020. haven't left the UK for more than 6 months since 31 December 2020.

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.

Keeping your status up to date You will need to update your online status if: you renew or replace the identity document you used to apply - for example, if your passport expires.

You will become eligible to apply for settled status on 2 March 2023, after you've lived in the UK for 5 years. Find out more about continuous residence and if you're eligible for settled status.

You can still apply if you're eligible and can show reasonable grounds for why you're applying now, and not before the deadline or in the time since the deadline passed. You must give evidence of your reasonable grounds, which both: explains the reason or reasons you could not apply.

If you're from somewhere else, you can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme from outside the UK if you have a UK-issued biometric residence card (if it has not expired). Otherwise, you will need to apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to the UK.

The deadline for most people to apply for pre-settled or settled status from the EU Settlement Scheme was 30 June 2021. You can only apply to the scheme after this deadline if you: have a good reason for making a late application - check if you can make a late application.