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Hi there,

According to the 15-page document published yesterday, May says that Irish citizens residing in the UK will not need to apply for settled status to protect their entitlements (see below) in keeping with the terms of the CTA.

What about Irish nationals with non-CTA non-EEA spouses? I am assuming that said Irish nationals will still need to apply for settled status to support their spouses' settled status application.

5. Our proposals as set out below are without prejudice to Common Travel Area arrangements between the UK and Ireland (and the Crown Dependencies), and the rights of British and Irish citizens in each others’ countries rooted in the Ireland Act 1949. These arrangements reflect the long-standing social and economic ties between the UK and Ireland and pre-date both countries’ membership of the EU. As such, we want to protect the Common Travel Area arrangements, and Irish citizens residing in the UK will not need to apply for settled status to protect their entitlements. We have also been clear that our exit will in no way impact on the terms of the Belfast Agreement. We will continue to uphold in that context the rights of the people of Northern Ireland to be able to identify as British or Irish, or both, and to hold citizenship accordingly.

Danlieb wrote:I am assuming that said Irish nationals will still need to apply for settled status to support their spouses' settled status application.

Correct. The special status of Irish citizens in the UK applies only to the citizen themselves, not to their non-British & non-Irish family members.

Well Irish Citizens family members are also able to benefit from the so called generous concession made by mrs May regarding their family member, the fact that they have additional rights does not prevent this.