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You may be able to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme from outside the UK.

If you鈥檙e from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you must use your current valid passport or national identity card with a biometric chip.

If you鈥檙e not from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you must use your UK residence card with a biometric chip.

You must use the EU Exit: ID Document Check app to verify that you鈥檙e entitled to apply from outside the UK.

Otherwise, you will need to apply for an聽EU聽Settlement Scheme family permit聽聽to come to the UK. Once you鈥檙e in the UK, you can apply to the聽EU聽Settlement Scheme.

If you鈥檙e a family member of a qualifying British citizen, you cannot use the online service and must contact the Resolution Centre online聽聽to apply if you are eligible to do so.

If you鈥檙e joining your family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein

You鈥檒l need to prove your relationship and show that your family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein has been granted settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

If you鈥檙e applying as the family member of a qualifying British citizen

You can only apply if you either:

• already have pre-settled status as the family member of a 鈥榪ualifying British citizen鈥�
• entered the UK with an EU Settlement Scheme family permit as the family member of a 鈥榪ualifying British citizen鈥�

If you鈥檙e able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme from outside the UK (because you have already returned to the UK with your qualifying British citizen family member and are currently overseas again) you鈥檒l need to show proof of your:

• identity
• continuous residence
• relationship to your family member
• family member鈥檚 identity and continuous residence

You can use the same evidence you used to apply for your EU Settlement Scheme family permit where you have one.

If your family permit has expired, you鈥檒l need to show 鈥榬easonable grounds鈥� for your delay in applying.

If you cannot scan your document

If you鈥檙e from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and cannot verify your passport or national identity card using the app, we may ask you to send your document to us by post. You should consider whether local laws mean that you cannot post your identity document.

If you鈥檙e not from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and the app does not scan the biometric chip in your UK residence card, contact the Resolution Centre. You should not send this document to the UK by post.

If you cannot post your identity document

Some countries do not allow identity documents to be sent across national borders or require you to keep the document on your person. Please consult your local authority to confirm if you鈥檙e allowed to post your identity document to the UK.

If you鈥檙e not able to post your identity document to us, contact the Resolution Centre.

These countries include:

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Congo (Brazzaville)
• Cuba
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Liberia
• Libya
• Morocco
• Nepal
• Nigeria (and Benin)
• North Korea
• Northern Cyprus
• Pakistan
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Sierra Leone
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Tajikistan
• Tunisia
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe