Granista wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:44 am
You have to prove the parents are dependent on the EU sponsor. That's the basic requirement. Which, it sounds, they are not.
The EU Settlement Scheme goes far beyond the EEA route. Initially, the intention was to safeguard the rights of EEA citizens and their family already present in the UK. But with time, it became an immigration route on its own right. It's probably one of the easiest immigration routes available today on any Western country. If you compare to UK Law routes, entry requirements are very low. Just compare the requirements to bring an old parent under Adult Dependent Relative and under EU Settlement Scheme.
Under the EU Settlement Scheme, close family members of the EEA national such as parents and also the close family members of the spouse of an EEA national (such as in-laws) qualify nearly automatically. They don't even need to show dependency. They qualify just because they exist and can demonstrate the relationship. Other people such as extended family members (such as third cousin removed) or essentially anyone in the world who can show total or even partial dependency to an EEA national. The Brexit made it even easier to immigrate to the UK as far as the EUSS is concerned. I anticipate this to change at one point or even some to get issues when they try to go from pre-settled to settled by that would be the exception rather than norm.
You can see the EUSS not as an immigration scheme, but as a settlement scheme. Anyone under the scheme is seen as either someone who can settle, or someone who will settle. That's why the entry criteria are so low.