EEA citizens have the right to be in the UK for 3 months after entry without explanation. Further residence is permitted provided the EEA citizen complies with one of the following conditions:

1. Work in the UK

In this case, a citizen of the EEA is required to have full or part-time employment in the UK. It is allowed to live after losing work, but it is necessary to enter the official account at the employment center. In the event of temporary loss of working capacity, for example, due to illness or accident, EEA citizens are considered to be in compliance with their contractual rights.

2. Self-employment

For this, it is necessary to be registered with the UK Tax Service as a Sole Trader, to submit an annual tax return and pay income tax.

3. Training

EEA citizens must be trained in a private or state educational institution officially accredited by the state.

4. Financial independence

For the purposes of this category, EEA citizens must show that they have sufficient means of living and full medical insurance. In other words, they must prove that they do not claim to receive social benefits and benefits from the state.

Citizens of EEA and Switzerland have the right to reside permanently in the UK if they fulfill one of the above conditions. However, they are not required to receive any special document to confirm their rights to reside and work in the UK. They can apply for a Registration Certificate, which will simply confirm the fulfillment of their contractual rights.

EU residents permanently residing in the UK for 5 years have the right to apply for a permanent residence permit. In this case, a positive result should be expected in the event that all this time the citizen complied with the legislative requirements and stayed in the country legally.

A permanent resident card or permanent residence permit entitles EEA nationals to apply for British citizenship within the following periods:

• a year after receiving permanent residence, if they lived in the UK only 5 years before obtaining permanent residence, i.e. the condition is met for 6 years.
• immediately after receiving permanent residence if they lived in the UK for 6 years before obtaining permanent residence.

Family members include spouses, civil partners, unmarried partners, children under 21 and direct relatives in the ascending line (grandparents) if they are financially dependent on the main applicant. Family members may be recognized as other close relatives of the EEA citizen if they submit evidence of financial dependence on the EEA national or cohabitation with him before his / her arrival in the UK.

To live with family members who are EEA nationals in the UK, family members who are not EEA citizens must obtain a permit. For this, they must provide proof of family relations.
The type of authorization depends on where they lived prior to applying for permission:

1. If family members of an EEA national who are not EEA nationals living outside the UK wish to come to the UK, they must apply to the British Embassy in the country of residence and apply for permission for a family member of an EEA citizen or Family Permit to stay in the UK for up to 6 months. In exceptional cases, such a visa may be placed on the passport when crossing the border, when the partners enter together, but in this case, the entire package of documents required for such a visa must be presented to the officer who is considering the issue and the visa at the border.

2. If they are in the UK or within 6 months after entry into the country by Family Permit, family members of the EEA national who are not EEA citizens apply for a Residence Card for five years.

If the EEA national (main applicant) terminates his contractual rights in the UK, his family members who are not EEA nationals, as a rule, lose the right to obtain a residence permit.
In some cases, however, this right remains for them.

1. In the event of the death of the principal applicant who has performed contractual rights or had a permanent residence permit, if a member of his family at that time lived in the UK for at least one year. At the same time, a family member must prove that he is fulfilling contractual rights, as if he were a citizen of the EEA.

2. In case of divorce, if at the date of the final dissolution of marriage (Decree Absolute), the citizen of the EEA:

• performed contractual rights or had a permanent residence permit;
• before the divorce, the couple was married for at least 3 years, and the couple lived together in the UK for at least a year;
• the spouse must show that she has contractual rights in the UK, as if he (a) was a citizen of the EEA.

After 5 years in the UK, EEA citizens and their family members who have been with them all these five years can obtain a permanent residence permit, provided that they have fulfilled the conditions (work, individual entrepreneur, self-sufficient person, etc .) for all 5 years.

A permanent resident card or permanent residence permit entitles citizens to family members of EEA citizens to apply for British citizenship within the following terms:

• a year after receiving permanent residence, if they lived in the UK only 5 years before obtaining permanent residence, i.e. the condition is met for 6 years.
• immediately after receiving permanent residence if they lived in the UK for 6 years before obtaining permanent residence.

When a citizen of the EEA receives British citizenship, his dependent family members who are not EEA nationals can no longer remain in the UK under European rules - they will have to obtain appropriate visas under the more stringent UK immigration rules.

A spouse / partner acting as a sponsor must comply with one of the conditions below:

• salary of at least £ 18,600 per year for a minimum of 6 months,
• savings of £ 16,500 for 6 months.

After obtaining British citizenship, the rules of moving to the UK for elderly relatives are greatly complicated. Therefore, EEA citizens wishing to obtain UK citizenship should consider the consequences for their family members. And although there is a decision of the Supreme Court of Great Britain that EEA citizens retain the rights to consider their immigration rights under European rules, there is as yet no practical application.