Select committee: European Affairs Committee
Conclusion 36
1st Report - Citizens’ Rights
Published 23 Jul 2021
Paragraph 176
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Holders of pre-settled status who miss their deadline for applying for settled status can make late applications if they have reasonable grounds to do so. The Government has undertaken, for the time being, to give late applicants the “benefit of any doubt … for the time being”. But as the first of these deadlines are not until August 2023, we are concerned that pre-settled status holders are vulnerable to a reversal of the temporary and non-binding “benefit of any doubt” policy.
From: European Affairs Committee, 1st Report - Citizens’ Rights, paragraph 176, 23 July 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 19 November 2021 (deadline 23 September 2021).