Guidance

EU Settlement Scheme: apply for an administrative review

How to apply for an administrative review under the EU Settlement Scheme.

If you applied to the EU Settlement Scheme

You’ll be told in your decision letter if you can apply for the decision on your application under the EU Settlement Scheme to be reviewed. This is called an administrative review.

You’ll find your decision letter attached to the email we sent you following your application under the scheme.

You can apply for an administrative review if either:

  • your application was refused on eligibility grounds
  • you were granted pre-settled status but think you qualify for settled status

You can apply for an administrative review from inside or outside the UK.

You can also make a new application under the EU Settlement Scheme at any point – for example, if you want to move from pre-settled status to settled status. This application will be free.

If your settled or pre-settled status was cancelled at the border

You’ll be told in the letter given to you at the border if you can apply for the decision to cancel your settled or pre-settled status to be reviewed.

You can apply for an administrative review if your settled or pre-settled status was cancelled because:

  • there has been a change in your circumstances
  • you gave false information

You can apply for an administrative review from inside or outside the UK.

If you arrived with an EU Settlement Scheme family permit and your leave was cancelled at the border

You’ll be told in the letter given to you at the border if you can apply for the decision to cancel your leave under the EU Settlement Scheme to be reviewed.

You can apply for an administrative review if your leave was cancelled because:

  • there has been a change in your circumstances
  • you gave false information

You can apply for an administrative review from inside or outside the UK.

How to apply

You must make your application for administrative review within 28 days of the date on your decision email.

You’ll need to complete the administrative review application form.

You must use a separate form for each person applying for a review, whether they’re a child or an adult.

Fees

It costs £80 per person to apply for an administrative review.

The fee will be refunded if:

  • the original decision is withdrawn due to a caseworking error
  • your application for a review is rejected because it’s invalid

The fee will not be refunded if your decision is changed solely because you’ve submitted new information or evidence. If you want to submit new information or evidence, you can reapply to the EU Settlement Scheme for free instead.

Sending new information or evidence

You can send new information or evidence with your application for a review. The application form explains how to send this.

You do not need to resend information or evidence that you’ve already provided to us.

Get a decision

We’re currently experiencing unprecedented levels of applications which is causing a delay to our usual service.

We’ll make a decision on your application as soon as possible. If we have not been able to make a decision within 3 months of your application for an administrative review we’ll contact you again to update you on the situation.

Any delay beyond our usual service standards will not impact the way your application is assessed, or the outcome of your application.

Withdraw your request

To ask to withdraw your request for a review, please email EUSS.Admin.Review.Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk. You must include:

  • ‘EUSS’ followed by your Unique Application Number in the subject line
  • your name, date of birth and nationality in the email

If you withdraw your request for an administrative review, your application fee will not be refunded.

Contact us

If you have problems using the administrative review form, please contact EUSS.Admin.Review.Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Published 15 November 2018
Last updated 27 August 2021 
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