EU Citizens in Wales

EU Citizens in Wales

 

 

Link to EUSS.Wales website for support:

http://www.eusswales.com/en/index.html

 

The associations that can help you are:

– Newfields law:
https://newfieldslaw.com/

– Citizens Advice working in partnership with Ethnic Youth Support Team:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/

– Settled:
https://settled.org.uk/en/

– Newport Mind:
http://www.newportmind.org/eu/

– TGP Cymru / Travelling Ahead Advice and Advocacy Service:
http://www.travellingahead.org.uk/

– Rights of Women:
https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/news/rights-of-womemens-new-advice-service-for-eu-citizens-and-their-family-members/

– Royal Association for Deaf People:
https://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/

 

See the Welsh Government’s Preparing Wales website which has further information for EU Citizens:

https://gov.wales/preparing-wales/

 

More information and help are also available from Citizens Advice Cymru:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/immigration/staying-in-the-uk-after-brexit/staying-in-the-uk-if-youre-from-the-eu/

 

Apply to the EUSS here:

https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status

 

See the Welsh Government’s Preparing Wales website which has further information for EU Citizens:

https://gov.wales/preparing-wales/

 

The UK and Irish government have been discussing future arrangements for cooperation within the Common Travel Area (CTA). Great progress has been made in these talks and both sides are confident that a final agreement is near.

Irish Citizens won’t have to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, as Ireland will have a different, ‘special’ status from the rest of EU countries in UK law, due to the CTA arrangements. More details here: ​

https://immigrationbarrister.co.uk/the-rights-of-irish-citizens-in-the-uk-after-brexit/

 

To find out more about the CTA, see the UK and Irish Government’s joint statement:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-uk-and-ireland-on-the-cta/joint-statement-of-8-may-2019-between-the-uk-government-and-government-of-ireland-on-the-common-travel-area

 

Here you can find UK Government’s guidance for the CTA:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-travel-area-guidance/common-travel-area-guidance

 

The UK Government has introduced a new, “Australian style”, “skills-based” immigration system which will come into force after the end of the transition period.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766672/The-UKs-future-skills-based-immigration-system-accessible-version.pdf

 

Under the new rules, People whose earnings fall below £25,000 per year, will not be allowed entry to the UK, unless there a workforce shortage in a particular sector (i.e., nurses, whose average wages amount to roughly £20,500pa).

Others earning below the £25k mark will be defined as ‘low-skilled’. For more details:

https://www.indy100.com/news/priti-patel-eu-immigration-low-skill-jobs-brexit-home-office-9346806

https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-51560370

 

It’s worth noting that Welsh Government strongly opposes the “low-skilled” definition. For more information about the Welsh Government’s take on post-Brexit immigration, see the following:

https://research.senedd.wales/