As a consequence of the UK leaving the EU, EU/EEA and Swiss citizens in the UK must apply for a new immigration status to continue to live and work in the UK and to access healthcare and social security benefits for which they are eligible. This new status is called Settled Status and the scheme to implement this is called the EU Settlement Scheme. The Home Office states that the EUSS application process is ‘simple and straightforward’. However, people’s lives are not always simple and straightforward. There may be many reasons why people find it difficult to engage with the process, or feel worried or anxious to do so

Patrick Young is a Volunteer Advisor for Settled www.settled.org.uk, a new charity whose mission is to guide, inform and assist EU citizens who are at risk of being left behind, due to their specific life circumstances. Settled’s mission is to reach out to those who are at risk of losing their right to live and work in the UK after Brexit, in the event that they fail to apply successfully for Settled Status by the end of 2020.