Vasa v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement — Right to reside — Immigration officials admitting Albanian nationals to United Kingdom and stamping passports to that effect — Secretary of State refusing to grant pre-settled status under EU Settlement Scheme — Whether Albanian nationals’ “residence … facilitated” by immigration officers’ stamps — Whether refusal to accept stamps breach of rights — Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, art 3(2) — Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, arts 10, 18

[2024] EWCA Civ 777; [2025] 1 WLR 39; [2024] WLR(D) 322, CA