Source: http://england.shelter.org.uk/legal/homelessness_applications/eligibility_eeaeu_nationals/right_to_reside
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 04:22:39+00:00

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Information on the right to reside in the UK.
The EU Citizenship Directive sets out the rights of European Union (EU) citizens to move and reside freely within the European Economic Area (EEA). It was implemented in the UK by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations. The Regulations set out different types of right to reside in the UK for EEA nationals.
Any EEA national and her/his family members have an initial right to reside in the UK for three months.
A person who has no other right to reside apart from the initial right is not eligible for homelessness assistance, a housing allocation or social security benefits.
in certain circumstances, being a former worker or relative of a former or deceased qualified person (see Retired or incapacitated workers and Family of workers and self-employed).
People with a permanent right to reside are eligible for housing assistance but may be subject to the habitual residence test depending on how they acquired their permanent right to reside.
Primary carers of certain EEA nationals may acquire a derivative right to reside and may be eligible for housing assistance depending on their circumstances.
A child of an EEA national working in the UK has a right to access education in the UK and a derivative right of residence. Where the child is in full-time education (excluding nursery education) and requires the primary carer to remain in order to continue in education, the primary carer will have a derivative right of residence until completion of the child's studies. It is possible that this could also apply to vulnerable adult children. This will apply even after the EEA worker's departure from the UK or her/his death, or after s/he has ceased to work.
the dependant British national would be unable to remain in the EEA (including the UK) if her/his primary carer was required to leave the EEA.
A non-EEA national who has acquired a 'derivative right to reside' in these circumstances is commonly referred to as a Zambrano carer. Only a direct relative (normally a parent) or a legal guardian can be a Zambrano carer.
A derivative right to reside as a Zambrano carer only arises where the dependent British national would be compelled to leave the EEA as a result of her/his primary carer being refused the right to reside. The threshold of being compelled to leave is high and the test for compulsion is an objective one. Where a wife said she would 'have to move the family' (including her British national child), if her non-EEA husband (and the father of her child) was not allowed to stay in the UK, it was held that her decision to move was not a result of being 'compelled' to do so but a choice based on her desire to preserve family life.
if the primary carer was required to leave the UK, residential care provided by social services would not be an adequate alternative and would not meet the British citizen’s needs.
When assessing if the primary carer of a dependent British child has a derivative right to reside, the overriding consideration must be the best interests of the child and her/his personal circumstances such as age, physical and emotional development, the extent of her/his emotional ties to both parents, and the risks which separation from a non-EEA parent might entail.
A derivative right to reside is triggered at the point the non-EEA national becomes the primary carer of a dependant British national who would be otherwise compelled to leave the EEA.
For more information see Persons ineligible for assistance.
A Zambrano carer who applied before 8 November 2012 is eligible for homelessness assistance.
An EEA national who is the primary carer of a dependent British citizen would not be able to acquire a derivative right to reside in the UK as a Zambrano carer because even if s/he was required to leave the UK s/he could continue living with her/his dependent British national her/his EEA country of origin.
A non-EEA national who has a 'derivative right to reside' in these circumstances is referred to as a Chen case following a judgment of the European Court of Justice.
For more information see the page Family of workers and self-employed.
The rights to EU residence documents are described in the Citizenship Directive 2004/38/EC (see EU law and eligibility for assistance) and implemented in the UK by the Immigration (EEA) Regulations.
In the UK there is no requirement for EEA nationals to hold relevant residence documents, in contrast there is a compulsory requirement for residence documents in most other EEA/EU states.
Residence documents certify, rather than confer, a right to reside on the holder. In the homelessness context, a residence card or certificate may be useful as evidence of status, but the local authority should not insist on it. The EEA/EU national is still entitled to all the rights derived from EU law if s/he has neither applied for, nor been issued with, permits because her/his rights are derived directly from EU law.
Residence documents do not provide conclusive evidence that the holder has a right to reside in the UK. The potential problem for homeless applicants with residence permits, cards or certificates is where the person in possession of the document never satisfied, or no longer satisfies, all the requirements for being a 'qualified person' or family member. In such a situation, a local authority may take the view that the homeless applicant, on ceasing to be a qualified person, no longer has a right of residence and has become a person subject to immigration control. The local authority could take the view that, on ceasing to be a qualified person, the EEA national and her/his family are unlawfully present in the UK.
There may also be cases where an EEA national is lawfully present but has no right to reside.
On application, the Home Office must issue residence documents to EEA nationals and their family members whenever the conditions are met; whereas, in the case of extended family members, the issue of documentation is at the discretion of the Home Office. See Family members of workers and self-employed for information about family members of EEA qualified persons.
EEA nationals and family members already in possess of a residence card or document confirming their right to reside in the UK under EU Directive 2004/38 (the Citizenship Directive).
Irish citizens and people with other indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK are exempt.
Individuals with a derivative right to reside under regulation 16 of the Immigration (EEA) Regulations who acquire leave under the EU Settlement Scheme will not lose their derivative right to reside.
The government has issued guidance for local housing authorities confirming that, even in a 'no deal scenario' the rights and status of EEA nationals and their family members living in the UK before 'EU Exit day' will remain the same as before - they will continue to be eligible to access social housing, including supported housing, and homelessness assistance on the same terms as before, until further notice.
The rules on how to make an application under the EU Settlement scheme and related fees are available on Gov.uk.
People in need of advice on whether or not they should apply for residence documents to prove their right to reside in the UK should be referred to an immigration adviser.
People in need of advice on when and whether they should apply for the EU Settlement scheme, or any other aspect of the application process, should be referred to an immigration adviser or an organisation authorised to provide immigration advice, for example UKCEN, ILPA , AIRE Centre. Useful information is also available from freemovement and EU Citizens' Rights.
 regs 4(1)(b)(ii) and 6(1)(b)(ii) Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006 SI 2006/1294; Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Amendment Regulations 2006 SI 2006/1026.
 reg 14(1) Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052, as amended by Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/801. See also DMG Memo 15/18.
 Article 10, EU Regulation 492/2011, reg 16(3) Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052.
 Harrow LBC v Ibrahim  ECJ C-310/38; Texeira v Lambeth LBC  ECJ C-480/08.
 reg 16(5) and (8) Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052, as amended by Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/801; see also DMG Memo 15/18.
 Article 20 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); Ruiz Zambrano (European Citizenship)  EUECJ C-34/09; DM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)  UKUT 26 (AAC); see also McCarthy (European Citizenship)  EUECJ C-434/09.
 reg 16(8) Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052, as amended by Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/801; Saeed v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1707 (Admin).
 MS (Malaysia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 580.
 Patel v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 2028.
 Chavez-Vilchez and Others v Raad van bestuur van de Sociale verzekeringsbank and Others CJEU  C-133/15; see also Hines v Lambeth LBC  EWCA Civ 660 which needs to be examined in light of the (later) CJEU decision; see also R (on the application of Harrison) v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 1736 and para 10 of the Schedule to Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/801.
 Sanneh v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Others  EWCA Civ 49.
 reg 16(2) Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052.
 Chen (Free movement of persons)  EUECJ C-200/02.
 Procureur du Roi v Royer Case 48/75  2 CMLR 619.
 See for example Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Dias (Case C325-09)  3 CMLR 40; Secretary of State for the Home Department v Ojo  EWCA Civ 1301; Ahmad v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 988; MD v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (SPC) (Residence and presence conditions: right to reside)  UKUT 319 (AAC).
 Mirga v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions : Samin v Westminster City Council  UKSC 1; Kaczmarek v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions  EWCA Civ 1310; MD v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (SPC) (Residence and presence conditions: right to reside)  UKUT 319 (AAC).
 reg 21 Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052, as amended by Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/1 and by Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/801.
 reg.16 Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 SI 2016/1052, as amended by reg.3(6) Immigration (Immigration (European Economic Area Nationals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI 2019/468.

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