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You can apply to switch to settled status on GOV.UK. If your application is successful you'll get a letter confirming your status emailed to you, and your status will change in your online account.

Your application is likely to take longer than a month to process if: we need to request additional information from you, for example evidence relating to your residence in the UK. you are applying as a minor and your application is not linked to an adult. your supporting documents need to be verified.

Gather everything you need to apply an identity document - your passport, national identity card, biometric residence card or permit. a digital photo - you can take a selfie during the application. your National Insurance number or proof of how long you've lived in the UK. a mobile phone number.

In addition, your period of ?continuous residence? resets to 0 if you spend over 6 months abroad in any 12-month period. (But see this FAQ). This means you will lose the ability to change your pre-settled status to settled. It can also be revoked for subsequent criminal offending.

Pre-settled status is valid for five years from the date it is granted. Once pre-settled status is obtained, within this five-year period it can only be lost where someone spends a period of two consecutive years or more outside the UK.

If you keep your pre-settled status You can reapply for settled status after you've lived in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for 5 years in a row (known as 'continuous residence'). You must not have spent more than 6 months outside the UK in a 12-month period.

If you've been given pre-settled status and not settled status, or refused a status at all, your decision letter from the Home Office will tell you why. Your decision letter will also tell you if you can: apply again. ask for the decision to be looked at again - this is called an 'administrative review'

You can apply to change your child's status from pre-settled to settled status once they've reached 5 years' continuous residence or you've been granted settled status.

Your application is likely to take longer than a month to process if: we need to request more information from you. you're applying as a minor and your application is not linked to an adult. you submit a paper application - for example if your application is based on a derivative right to reside in the UK.

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