NHS workers in the northwest and students and staff from Liverpool universities are among the first foreign nationals undergoing a Home ##ive vote of the settled status scheme that will be in force after Brexit . Since the Brexit vote EU citizens living in Britain have failed to make applications for permanent residency and a backlog of applicants has spurred work on the settled status scheme . Any EU citizen in the UK for five years by the end of 2020 will apply and applications can be made up to the end of the transition period in 2021 .
NHS workers in the northwest and students and staff from Liverpool universities are among the first EU nationals joining a Home Office trial of the settled status scheme that will be in force after Brexit. Since the Brexit vote EU citizens living in Britain have had to make applications for permanent residency and a backlog of applications has spurred work on the settled status scheme. Any EU citizen in the UK for five years by the end of 2020 can apply and applications can be made up to the end of the transition period in 2021.