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<p>Applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme under the age of 18 are not required to
answer questions relating to suitability. Applicants under the age of 10 are not subject
to the automated criminal record check.</p><p>The suitability requirements for the
scheme apply to all applicants under the age of 18. However, under the relevant provisions
of the Immigration (European Economic Area Regulations) 2016, children under the age
of 18 benefit from a higher level of protection and can only be deported on imperative
grounds of public security.</p><p>There is no single definition of the type of offences
likely to satisfy this higher threshold, but offences with a cross-border dimension
which disclose particularly serious characteristics are more likely to do so.</p>
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