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Given ongoing technological changes in UK border control, eg eGates, what visibility does Home Office have on a person’s exits and entries from UK when it is deciding an application for settled status under the EUSS and/or naturalisation? What relevant issues apply?

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Published on: 17 November 2022
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Settled status applications under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and naturalisation applications under section 6(1) and 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (BNA 1981) each have residence requirements in relation to the numbers of days during the qualifying period that the applicant must not have been outside the UK. For details, see Practice Notes: Applying to naturalise as a British citizen: eligibility and The EU Settlement Scheme—the eligibility requirements under Appendix EU.

As a general point, there is very little visibility on (i) exactly what information the Home Office has in relation to visa holders’ travel into and out from the UK; and (ii) how much access the Home Office decision makers have to such information. See News Analysis: eGates and the demise of examination on entry (in particular under the heading ‘What is in, and what is not in,

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