Guidance

Calais leave: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims related to the clearance of the Calais camp.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 3 December 2018
• Last updated: 11 November 2025
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  1. 11 November 2025

     Guidance updated to reflect recent changes to the Immigration Rules, replacing the previous General Grounds for Refusal with the new Part Suitability provisions, and provide links to the relevant guidance.

  2. 29 July 2025

     This guidance has been updated to include additional references to the suitability provisions in the Immigration Rules and to replace references to physical immigration documents with new references to biometric immigration documents.

  3. 13 November 2024

     Updated Calais leave guidance to reflect the recent shift from BRPs to eVisas.

  4. 8 May 2024

     Updated the guidance to explain how to consider granting settlement to individuals previously granted Calais leave in the UK.

  5. 31 December 2020

     Updated for end of transition period.

  6. 27 June 2019

     Updated the document.

  7. 3 December 2018

     First published.

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UK Visa and Immigration guidance for staff explaining how to process and assess asylum claims from those people who were transferred to the UK between 17 October 2016 and 13 July 2017, in connection with the clearance of the Calais camp, for the purpose of being reunited with family.