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    Applying Under the <\/b>Lounes Route – Family Members of Dual British\/EU Nationals \u00a0<\/b><\/h3>

    Under the landmark Lounes<\/i> judgment (C-165\/16), the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed that EU nationals who moved to the UK to exercise free movement rights and subsequently naturalised as British citizens, while retaining their original EU nationality, can continue to rely on their EU law rights to sponsor their family members.<\/p>

    This means that certain dual British\/EU nationals are treated as \u201crelevant EEA citizens\u201d under Appendix EU and Appendix EU (Family Permit), allowing their close family members<\/strong> to apply under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), even after 31 December 2020.<\/p>

    However, Lounes applications are among the most complex types of EUSS applications and involve interpreting overlapping definitions from multiple sources, including the Immigration Rules, the former EEA Regulations 2016, the Home Office guidance and the UK\/EU Withdrawal Agreement.<\/p>

    Who Qualifies Under <\/b>Lounes<\/b>?<\/b><\/h3>

    To rely on the Lounes case, the sponsor (the British\/EU dual national) must have exercised free movement rights in the UK (e.g. worked, studied, been self-sufficient) before naturalising<\/span> as a British citizen, still hold their EU nationality in addition to<\/span> British citizenship, have naturalised after<\/span> exercising their Treaty rights, be considered a \u201crelevant naturalised British citizen\u201d under Annex 1 of Appendix EU, and be someone who would have qualified<\/span> for EUSS, but for the bar on British citizens applying.<\/p>

    The close family member must provide detailed evidence that these requirements are met and that the relationship qualifies under the definition of \u201cfamily member\u201d (e.g. spouse, durable partner, child, or dependent parent).<\/p>

    Who Qualifies under the definition of \u201cclose family member\u201d?<\/h5>