Petitions/Allow EU children of British parents to be sponsored under EU Settlement Scheme
StatusClosed
Opened26 Sept 2025
Closes26 Mar 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We wish the Government to allow EU children of British nationals the opportunity to be sponsored under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Adults holding EU citizenship by descent, who are children of British nationals, can't be sponsored under the EUSS unless they are in need of long term personal care. The EUSS allows EU nationals (parents) that obtained British citizenship through naturalisation to apply for children under 25yr to join them in the UK. We think the same rules afforded to EU nationals should apply to British citizens to sponsor their adult children. We believe the current rules result in unintended discrimination.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Danny Beales
1Danny Beales MP
Uxbridge and South Ruislip
5
Peter Swallow
2Peter Swallow MP
Bracknell
4
James Murray
3James Murray MP
Ealing North
4
Yuan Yang
4Yuan Yang MP
Earley and Woodley
4
Tom Hayes
5Tom Hayes MP
Bournemouth East
2
Sarah Green
6Sarah Green MP
Chesham and Amersham
2
John Whitby
7John Whitby MP
Derbyshire Dales
2
Helen Maguire
8Helen Maguire MP
Epsom and Ewell
2
Matthew Pennycook
9Matthew Pennycook MP
Greenwich and Woolwich
2
Laura Kyrke-Smith
10Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
Aylesbury
1