EUSS Family Permit Consultant in India

• The applicant can apply if they are a family member of someone who started living in the UK by 31st December 2020. This includes family members who have British citizenship if they also have:
• Citizenship from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein.
• Lived in the UK using their free movement rights before becoming a British citizen (also known as a ‘Lounes’ case).
• Dual nationality with an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, and they settled in the UK before 16th July 2012 without using their free movement rights (also known as a ‘McCarthy’ case).
• The applicant can apply if their family member lives outside the UK but regularly works in the UK (also known as a ‘frontier worker’).

• The applicant can apply if they have a family member who is an eligible person of Northern Ireland.
• To be eligible, the applicant’s family member must be an Irish, British, or dual British and Irish citizen who was born in Northern Ireland.
• When they were born, they must also have had a parent who held British, Irish, or dual citizenship (or had no restriction on how long they could stay in Northern Ireland).

For all the above circumstances – Who are the eligible family members?

• Their spouse, civil partner, or unmarried partner.
• Their child or grandchild under 21.
• Their dependent child or grandchild over 21.
• Their dependent parent or grandparent.
• Another type of dependent relative.
• This includes family members who were adopted under an adoption order that’s recognised in UK law.

The applicant can also apply if they are one of the following family members of the spouse or civil partner:

• Their child or grandchild aged under 21.
• Their dependent child or grandchild over 21.
• Their dependent parent or grandparent.

• The applicant can apply as the family member of a British citizen if they are currently living with them in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein.
• The applicant must have been living in one of these places with a family member by 31st December 2020 to apply.
• The applicant must apply for a family permit before they can return to the UK.
• This is also known as a ‘Surinder Singh’ application.