Petition · past parliament

Full British Citizenship for all EU citizens with settled status free of charge

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Settled status is likely to be undermined or reversed by the government. Only full British Citizenship adequately protects EU citizens whose permanent home is in the UK.

Current fees for citizenship are over £1250 per person and thus unaffordable for many families of NHS staff and others.
The Home Office also routinely rejects applications from EU Citizens who fully meet all criteria for minor technicalities that after another fee payment are overcome.

This is why the government should provide a free of charge route for those EU citizens who have been granted settled status.

Settled status also not allow those who have it to vote in the way they could before.

This route should be streamlined on the basis of the evidence already required for settled status.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

29 Jan 2019 Petition opened for signatures
5 Feb 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Feb 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.