The surcharge adds another barrier that will push people into irregularity and prevent some undocumented migrants with a right to reside in the UK from being able to regularise their residence.
Other rights that are automatic for UK nationals, but that residents from other EU countries must pass a "right to reside" test to qualify for are also very easily bypassed by claiming to be self employed.
Not even for artists, who hadn't yet won the right to reside in their ateliers.
"Kenyans have the right to reside anywhere in the country," he said.
Some apply for asylum, some simply ask for the right to reside.
One can purchase an apartment and be denied the legal right to reside in it.
"Koreans have the right to reside wherever they want, and we already have a support system for the very poor.
She protested, saying she felt as American as any native-born citizen, who had the right to reside overseas indefinitely.
The British standard for benefits, called "right to reside," has been challenged in its own courts for years.
Pages 4 through 11 are reserved for stamps certifying the bearer's legal right to reside at a particular address.
Israel usually cites security reasons or says that after an absence of five years Palestinians lose their right to reside.
