Guidance

Living in dispersal accommodation

This guide is for asylum seekers staying in temporary accommodation while their claim for asylum is assessed.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 29 July 2019
• Last updated: 31 October 2024
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  1. 31 October 2024

     Updated guidance to provide information on eVisas which are replacing biometric residence permits (BRPs).

  2. 25 May 2023

     Title changed to show that the guide refers to dispersal accommodation, not all types of asylum accommodation. Updated to say asylum seekers may remain in initial accommodation until there's space in dispersal accommodation. Updated contact details for Migrant Help. Added information about complaining to the Independent Examiner of Complaints. Added Persian translation.

  3. 29 July 2019

     First published.

Documents

Living in dispersal accommodation - English

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Living in dispersal accommodation - Amharic

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Living in dispersal accommodation - Tigrinya

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Details

This guide contains important information about:

• the housing and services you can expect to receive from us
• the organisations that provide and deliver these services
• what we expect from you
• where to report problems, concerns and change in circumstances

It’s available in:

• Albanian
• Amharic
• Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• Kurdish
• Pashto
• Persian
• Tigrinya
• Urdu