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<p>The EU Settlement Scheme will provide a streamlined, user-friendly process, in
line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union published on 19 March
2018. This scheme will allow resident EU citizens and their family members to apply
to obtain the UK immigration status which they will require in order to remain in
the UK beyond the end of the planned implementation period on 31 December 2020.</p><p>
</p><p>For those EU citizens who might need additional help when applying under the
scheme, the Home Office have announced a grant scheme for the voluntary and community
sector which will help ensure support is available.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid may be
available through Exceptional Case Funding, where there is a breach, or risk of a
breach, of enforceable EU law or ECHR rights.</p>
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