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UK’s new right to work rules for EEA citizens

03 August 2021 / Linda Pullan
Issue: 4803 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Right to work

After the UK left the EU on 31 December 2020 there was a transition period of six months which allowed EU EEA and Swiss citizens who were resident and working in the UK at the end of December to apply for the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) for themselves and their families. The deadline for applications for the EUSS was 30 June 2021 – and from 1 July 2021 EEA citizens are subject to the same immigration status rules as other foreign nationals.

On 1 July the Home Office published an updated right to work employer checklist with the new rules applying from the same day (tinyurl.com/7cr77fzu). See also a short YouTube video: https://youtu.be/gi7kCB-9Ots. Updated guidance for employers was published the next day with the new rules applying from the previous day.

Although software developers had an advance copy of the guidance on 18...

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