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If you are from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and you started living in the UK by 31 December 2020 - or you鈥檙e applying to join or remain with your family member who did - you鈥檒l need evidence to prove your:

• identity
• continuous residence in the UK and (unless you鈥檙e applying to join a family member) that it started by 31 December 2020
• relationship to your family member, and their eligibility or status under the EU Settlement Scheme, if you鈥檙e applying to join or remain with them in the UK

You鈥檒l also need to provide evidence that either:

• you鈥檙e applying before the deadline for your circumstances - for example, you鈥檙e applying for your child within 90 days of them being born or adopted in the UK
• you have 鈥榬easonable grounds鈥� for why you鈥檙e applying now, and not by the deadline or in the time since the deadline passed for your circumstances

Proof of identity

If you鈥檙e from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you need a valid passport or valid national identity card. You also need to provide a digital photo of your face.

If you鈥檙e not from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you need to provide one of the following:

• a valid passport
• a biometric residence card (BRC) or biometric residence permit (BRP) issued in the UK which has not expired

You also need to provide a digital photo of your face. If you do not already have a biometric residence card within its expiry date, you鈥檒l need to provide your fingerprints (but not for children aged 5 and under).

If you do not have any of these you may be able to use other evidence in certain situations.聽

Contact the Resolution Centre if you do not have any of the listed documents as you may be unable to use the online service.

When you apply, you can either:

• scan your document and upload your photo using the 鈥�EU Exit: ID Document Check鈥� app using an Android phone, or an iPhone 7 or above
• send your document in the post and upload your photo using the online application form (you can take this yourself)

If you have pre-settled status and want to apply for settled status

If your identity document or personal details have changed since you applied for pre-settled status, you must update your UKVI account.

Scan your document

You can use the 鈥�EU Exit: ID Document Check鈥� app on:

• an Android phone
• an iPhone 7 or above

To scan your document using a phone, you鈥檒l need one of the following:

• a valid passport or biometric national identity card from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
• a UK-issued biometric residence card within its expiry date

You can use someone else鈥檚 phone to prove your identity.

Send your document by post

You must send your document by post if you have a:

• passport that is not from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
• BRP issued in the UK
• non-biometric national identity card from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein

You can send other types of document in the post if you cannot use the 鈥業D Document Check鈥� app.

Evidence of continuous residence

You鈥檒l need to provide evidence of how many years鈥� continuous residence you have in the UK. This usually decides whether you get settled or pre-settled status.

If you arrived in the UK by 31 December 2020

You can give your National Insurance number to allow an automated check of your residence based on tax and certain benefit records.

If this check shows you鈥檝e been here for 5 years in a row, you will not need to provide any documents as proof of residence. You鈥檒l only need to provide documents if you have been here for 5 years in a row but there is not enough data to confirm this.

The Home Office will tell you after you apply if you need to provide any documents. You should submit photos or scans of your documents through the online application form, rather than sending them by post.

If you arrived after 31 December 2020 or you鈥檙e asked for more evidence

Read what documents you can provide if you arrived after 31 December 2020, or you arrived before then but you鈥檙e asked to provide more evidence.

There is extra guidance if your continuous residence has been affected by COVID-19, including examples of the evidence you can provide.

Evidence of why you鈥檙e applying after 30 June 2021

If the 30 June 2021 deadline did not apply in your circumstances, you鈥檒l need evidence to show why. If it did apply, or you had a later deadline and did not meet it, you鈥檒l need to show your reasonable grounds for the delay in applying.

If the 30 June 2021 deadline did not apply

If you鈥檙e joining a family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, you鈥檒l need evidence of the first date you arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020. This can be, for example:

• an inbound travel ticket if it was stamped when you arrived (you cannot use a ticket that has no proof of your arrival, such as an e-ticket)
• transactions taking place inside the UK (in person, not online) after your arrival date
• a letter from a government department, public body or charity confirming a physical meeting - for example, with a job centre, or Citizens Advice

This is to show you鈥檙e applying within 90 days of the first date you arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020. If you are applying after 90 days of arriving in the UK, you can still apply if you鈥檙e eligible and can show 鈥榬easonable grounds鈥� for why you could not apply by 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
• covers the whole period since the deadline passed, as well as why you could not apply by the deadline

You鈥檒l need other types of evidence if you鈥檙e applying:

• for your child who was born or adopted in the UK on or after 1 April 2021
• as the family member of an eligible person of Northern Ireland who could not move back to the UK by 31 December 2020 while you remained outside the UK
• before your existing limited leave to enter or remain expires

If you鈥檙e exempt from immigration control, or you stop being exempt, you鈥檒l need evidence of:

• the job you have, or had, that means you are or were exempt, such as a copy of your employment contract
• when your job started and finished, if you stop being exempt, such as a letter from your employer

Evidence of your reasonable grounds for the delay in applying

You can still apply if you鈥檙e eligible and can show 鈥榬easonable grounds鈥� for why you could not apply by 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
• covers the whole period since the deadline passed, as well as why you could not apply by the deadline

For example, evidence of the reasons for the delay in applying could be:

• a letter from a doctor, healthcare professional or social worker explaining how your serious medical grounds or care needs stopped you from applying earlier
• court documents or a letter from an organisation supporting people who experience domestic violence, to show you were in an abusive or controlling relationship which stopped you from applying earlier
• a letter explaining the reasons for the delay from a parent, guardian or local authority, if the application is for a child

If you鈥檙e applying to join or remain with a family member in the UK

You will also need to provide evidence of:

• your relationship to your family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein - for example, a birth, marriage or civil partnership certificate, or a UK residence card issued based on the relationship
• your family member鈥檚 pre-settled or settled status

If your family member does not have pre-settled or settled status, you鈥檒l need evidence that they鈥檙e one of the following:

• an Irish citizen or eligible British citizen
• an eligible person of Northern Ireland
• exempt from immigration control

If you have a UK permanent residence document, you do not need to provide any evidence of your relationship.

How to provide your evidence

You can usually scan and submit your evidence through the online application form.

You might be asked to provide the original document or a certified English translation of any document that is not in English.

If you鈥檙e not from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and you do not have a biometric residence card (that has not expired), you鈥檒l be asked to make an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) service point. This is to provide your biometric information (your fingerprints and a photo, or only a photo for children under 5) when you apply.

When you need to provide more evidence

You鈥檒l need to provide more evidence if:

• you used to have a family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein who started living in the UK by 31 December 2020 (but you鈥檝e separated, they鈥檝e died or the family relationship has broken down)
• you鈥檙e the family member of a British citizen who is also a citizen of an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and they lived in the UK as a citizen of one of these countries before getting British citizenship
• you have a family member who is an eligible person of Northern Ireland
• you鈥檙e the child of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein who used to live and work in the UK - you must be in education in the UK
• you鈥檙e the family member of a person who is exempt from immigration control
• you鈥檙e the family member of a 鈥榝rontier worker鈥�

You鈥檒l also need to provide more evidence if by 31 December 2020 you were the primary carer (or the child of a primary carer) of a:

• child of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein who used to live and work in the UK - the child must be in education in the UK
• self-sufficient child from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein

If you have criminal convictions

If you鈥檙e 18 or over, the Home Office will check you have not committed serious or repeated crimes, and that you do not pose a security threat.

You鈥檒l be asked to declare convictions that appear in your criminal record in the UK or overseas.

You do not need to declare any of the following:

• convictions that do not need to be disclosed (鈥榮pent convictions鈥�)
• warnings (鈥榗autions鈥�)
• alternatives to prosecution, for example speeding fines

You鈥檒l also be checked against the UK鈥檚 crime databases.

You鈥檒l still be eligible for settled or pre-settled status if you鈥檝e only been convicted of a minor crime.

If you have other convictions, you may still get settled or pre-settled. This will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

If you鈥檝e been to prison

If you had a right of permanent residence or had 5 years鈥� continuous residence before you went to prison, you may be eligible for settled status.

If you do not have a right of permanent residence, or 5 years鈥� continuous residence before you went to prison, you may be eligible for pre-settled status. This only applies if you were released on or before 31 December 2020.