Collection

Children (asylum instructions)

Asylum policy guidance for asylum applications involving children.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 11 June 2014
• Last updated: 17 September 2025 — See all updates

This collection contains asylum policy guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions on asylum applications involving children.

Documents

• Age assessments of asylum seekers or migrants: caseworker guidance
  • 29 November 2021
  • Guidance
• Age assessment process and joint working: caseworker guidance
  • 31 March 2023
  • Guidance
• Identity checking and family tracing by the Albanian authorities
  • 31 January 2014
  • Guidance
• Assessing age for asylum applicants: caseworker guidance
  • 4 July 2025
  • Guidance
• Calais leave: caseworker guidance
  • 29 July 2025
  • Guidance
• Home Office Gaza process: caseworker guidance
  • 17 September 2025
  • Guidance
• National Age Assessment Board: caseworker guidance
  • 2 July 2025
  • Guidance
• Processing children's asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 22 January 2025
  • Guidance
• Section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 leave: caseworker guidance
  • 29 July 2025
  • Guidance
• Streamlined asylum processing for children: caseworker guidance
  • 18 July 2025
  • Guidance
• Tracing family of unaccompanied children: caseworker guidance
  • 31 December 2020
  • Guidance

Published 11 June 2014

Last updated 17 September 2025 + show all updates

1. 17 September 2025

   Added 'Home Office Gaza process' guidance.

2. 31 March 2023

   Guidance on the National Age Assessment Board published.

3. 16 March 2023

   Added 'Streamlined asylum processing for children: caseworker guidance'.

4. 29 November 2021

   New Dublin Regulation and Eurodac: age assessment guidance added.

5. 18 September 2020

   Guidance for social workers embedded with Kent Intake Unit published.

6. 3 December 2018

   Added a new document 'Calais leave' to the collection.

7. 6 July 2018

   New guidance on section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 leave added.

8. 12 July 2016

   Guidance on 'Tracing family members of unaccompanied asylum seeking children' added.

9. 22 May 2015

   New guidance on age assessment: joint working instruction.

10. 11 June 2014

    First published.