A freedom of information request by Claire, who has alerted BritCits to the response she received indicates Home Office 'intends' for family members of British citizens, here on the basis of having previously exercised free movement rights in another member state (Surinder Singh), to be eligible for UK's settled status scheme.
An intention isn't a commitment. Given however that Phase 1 of the Withdrawal Agreement excludes family members of Surinder Singhers, this is some positive news.
What is the settled status scheme? Our understanding is that this allows those who have lived in the UK for five years as at Brexit day, within the rules, to apply for permanent resident status. For those who haven't quite reached the five year point on Brexit day, they will have the opportunity to apply for this status when they reach the five year point.
The details of this are not known; costs expected to be no more than that for a UK passport.
An extract of the response to the FOI request is shown below. The full request is available here.
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