Brexit: more than 1,100 applications for residence permits in Vendée


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Brexit: more than 1,100 applications for residence permits registered in Vendée by the British. The prefecture of Vendée has informed that more than 1,114 applications for residence permits have been sent by British nationals post-Brexit.

After the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union concluded on October 17, 2019, “ British nationals and foreign nationals who are members of their families who reside in France before January 1, 2021, see their right to stay and d ‘access to work maintained  ‘ specifies the prefecture of Vendée. It also indicates that on the basis of the provisions of this agreement. These nationals will have to request the issuance of a residence permit bearing the words“ withdrawal agreement ”. The deadline for submitting these residence permit applications is therefore set at June 30, 2021.

The date from which the holding of a residence permit becomes compulsory for these nationals is set for October 1, 2021. For the Vendée department, 1,114 applications for residence permits have already been received. registered in the prefecture, for a population of British nationals present in the department estimated at just over 1,700 people. “  The requests received are currently under investigation. British nationals who have submitted their application online will then be invited to go to the prefecture to finalize the registration procedure for their application,  ”explains the prefecture. The first meetings at the prefecture started on Monday, January 11.

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