- Worker Registration Scheme (WRS)
- Family member residence stamp
- Registration certificate
- Residence card
- Permanent residence for EU citizens
- Permanent residence for non-EU citizens
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FIRST 12 MONTHS
* For EU citizens:
Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) If you are a national of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia or Slovenia and want to work for one month or more for a United Kingdom employer you must register under the WRS.
Once you have been working legally in the United Kingdom for 12 months without a break you will no longer need to register on the WRS.
You can then get a registration certificate confirming your right to live and work in the United Kingdom.
* For non-EU citizens:
Family member residence stamp Family members who are not themselves nationals of an EEA country and who are in the UK with a national of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Slovenia can apply for a family member residence stamp to confirm his/her right of residence under European law.
FROM 12 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS
* For EU citizens:
Registration certificate If you are a national of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Slovenia and you have completed 12 months of continuous employment in the UK you are eligible to apply for a Registration Certificate.
* For non-EU citizens:
Residence card Family members who come to the UK with an EEA national but who are not themselves a national of an EEA country can apply for a residence card, as long as EEA national completed 12 months of continuous employment in the UK.
Residence cards are normally valid for five years and take the form of an endorsement that is placed in the holder's passport.
AFTER 5 YEARS
* For EU citizens:
Permanent residence for EU citizens After you have lived in the United Kingdom for a continuous period of five years (you should not be absent from the UK for more than six months each year) you can apply for confirmation of your permanent residence.
You will be issued with a document that confirms they are permanent residents in the United Kingdom. This document has no expiry date.
* For non-EU citizens:
Permanent residence for non-EU citizens Non-EEA nationals will be issued with an endorsement that is placed in the holder's passport. This endorsement is valid for 10 years.
