On 26 June, UK PM Theresa May confirmed that following Brexit, EU citizens will have had to have been resident in the UK for at least five years in order to avail of the ‘settled status’, which affords the same rights as UK citizens enjoy. The UK is hoping for similar guarantees for some one million UK ‘expats’ resident in the EU, and in particular as regards healthcare services.
After Brexit 3.2 million EU expats living in the UK will be able to apply for ‘settled status’, on the proviso however that they have been resident in the nation for an unbroken five year period up to a yet to be specified date that will most likely fall between 29 March 2017 (the day the PM triggered Article 50) and the date the UK effectively quits the EU in 2019. EU citizens having arrived in the UK prior to the key date but who are still short of the requisite five year term will be able to
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