We are looking for new trustees to join our board and support this great charity which is helping EU citizens and Ukrainians to enjoy their rights to live, work and study in the United Kingdom.

Whilst we have some great news and positive stories to share with you, we would also like to share with you what a challenging time this is for thousands of people that are coming to us every month in need of our support and we need your help.

With this letter, Settled would like to inform you of some changes that will affect you and provide tools for self-help in case of issues when travelling back to the UK.

Hello everyone, we wanted to let you know that the Settled Service Team will be taking a break for the festive period.

At the inaugural EmpowerEU Awards ceremony, organized by the EU Delegation to the UK, Settled was honoured with a ‘Community Endeavour’ award in the Community Champion category. The EmpowerEU Awards have been created to recognize the outstanding contributions and achievements by organisations across the UK in supporting EU citizens and strengthening EU-UK relations

It will likely take a generation before we can be sure that all EU citizens

On 19 February 2024, without prior notice or consultation, the UK government closed two of the humanitarian visa schemes that

Settled recently wrote to Seema Malhotra MP, the new Minister for Migration and Citizenship at the Home Office. Based on our casework experience, we outlined concerns about difficulties faced by particular client groups in applying for EUSS status. 

The Home Office has started granting five years of extension (instead of two) to pre-settled status holders who have not yet switched to settled status.

This is not a dramatic change, but we would like to take this opportunity to remind you of some key principles:

Home Office changes affecting both EU citizens and Ukrainians 1. No new or replacement BRPs/BRCs – effective 26

A good example of why Settled is so needed, in yesterday’s piece in The Observer

As a result of recent Home Office changes related to EUSS arrivals arriving at the UK Border, Border Force officers have been granted the power to cancel leave of someone with pre-settled status if they cease to meet, or never met, the requirements of the rules.

These changes were brought in on 15 July 2024. The changes

Our Ukraine service gives free, multilingual, accredited advice and support to many Ukrainian families on the UK’s Ukrainian visa schemes.

One couple, having arrived under the Homes For Ukraine scheme in 2022, had set up a business and secured a tenancy. By February they were ready to apply to sponsor their young daughter and be reunited with her. Then the rules were changed overnight,

New job opportunities – Advice and Development Officers Greater London (Hybrid) Scotland, United Kingdom Medway, Kent Pro rata

During this pre-election period and in anticipation of a new government, Settled calls on politicians and officials to take note of these recommendations:

1. RESPECT
EU citizens who have settled in the UK make an enormous contribution to

Settled’s advice work and advisers are accredited by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). 

In March 2024, the OISC opened a consultation on changes to the fees they charge for this accreditation. Please see our response to this consultation below, or here.

Overview article on EUSS late applications We are pleased to have collaborated with Europe Street News to publish

Settled calls for right of Ukrainians to sponsor close family members to be reinstated   Our Ukraine service

Today is the two year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Thinking back to the morning of 24th February 2022, I can still hear the sound that woke me up at 5am, unknown to me until then.

Concerns raised about aspects of Ukraine visa schemes: recent correspondence with the Home Office Over the summer of

Autumn Newsletter, October 2023 We hope you’re well. It’s been a typically busy few months. We’ve been looking back,

Our brilliant staff and volunteer teams help a huge number of EU citizens & Ukrainians understand the EU

Yuliia, our Ukrainian solicitor who leads Settled’s Ukraine advice service, was a panellist at the prestigious annual national conference of the Chartered Institute of Housing last month. The video above is of her summarising after the panel talks and Q&A.

Settled co-signed a powerful letter last week to the Home Secretary from 40 migration charities on the sacking of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration.
Since then we’re pleased that most of David Neal’s reports have now been belatedly published

Role: Trustee Reporting to: Chair of Trustees Accountable to: EU Citizens in the UK, Charity Commission, and Companies House

Job title: SENIOR IMMIGRATION ADVISER (Scotland and Wales) Reporting to: Immigration Advice Manager Duration: 35 hours/5 days a

Settled is a well-regarded and well-networked charity that manages multi-lingual volunteer-run information, advice and support services for EU

Settled is recruiting volunteers to join our immigration advice team in Wales. We’re looking for volunteers to support

Settled is recruiting Romanian and Polish-speaking volunteers to join our immigration advice team working across the UK.We’re looking

(You can read the June newsletter in English here: https://mailchi.mp/settled/winter-appeal-15327856) Ukrainian Шановний прихильник, З березня Settled веде спеціальну