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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll

Italian woman facing removal from UK despite ‘permanent residency’ card

Van with billboard telling people to apply for settled status before deadline
Silvana discovered her permanent residency card was not valid only when an application to renew an Ehic was rejected. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex/Shutterstock

An Italian environmental technology investor who has lived in the UK for 14 years has discovered she could be removed despite getting a “permanent residency” card after Brexit.

She is one of potentially tens of thousands of EU citizens who were unaware the Home Office changed the rules in 2019 requiring them to apply for a different scheme, called EU settlement.

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