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Home Office accused of deception over permanent residency rules
EU citizens in Victoria Tower Gardens in Westminster, London where they are lobbying MPs to guarantee post-Brexit rights, in September 2017

EU NATIONALS could be denied citizenship after being “caught out” by a requirement that they were not informed of during the application process, a campaign group has warned. 

Thousands of EU citizens who have spent huge sums on applications for permanent residency are in danger of rejection because they did not submit evidence of having taken out comprehensive sickness insurance (CSI). 

Earlier this month, the Home Office finally clarified that EU citizens would need to include CSI to prove that they had been in the country legally during any periods of unemployment. 

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