EU Settlement Scheme: UK tax and benefits records automated check
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You can provide evidence of your UK residence using your National Insurance number when you apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Privacy & data protection
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
You can provide evidence of your UK residence using your National Insurance number when you apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- If the automated check cannot find evidence of your UK residence
- If the check cannot find any evidence of your UK residence
- Reasons why the automated check may not find evidence of your UK residence
- How the automated check calculates the period of residence
- Government data we can use to confirm your UK residence
- How we use your personal information
- Memoranda of Understanding
- EU Settlement Scheme data protection impact assessment
Source and licence
Home Office
AttributionHome Office, ‘EU Settlement Scheme: UK tax and benefits records automated check’ (updated 29 January 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026