{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-order-1994/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-order-1994/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1895",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (European Economic Area) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-order-1994",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Grant of Residence Permits",
  "text": "(1) Subject to articles 10 and 16(1), the Secretary of State shall grant a residence permit to a qualified person on application and production of—\n(a) a valid identity card or passport issued by an EEA State; and\n(b) proof that he is a qualified person.\n(2) Subject to article 16(1), the Secretary of State shall grant a residence permit or residence document to a family member of a qualified person on application and production of—\n(a) a valid identity card issued by an EEA State or a valid passport;\n(b) in the case of a family member who is not an EEA national and who required an EEA family permit for admission to the United Kingdom, such a permit; and\n(c) in the case of a person not falling within paragraph (b), proof that he is a family member of a qualified person.\n(3) In the case of a worker the proof referred to in paragraph (1) may only be confirmation of the worker’s engagement from his employer or a certificate of employment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1895/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:29:18.030696+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}