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Permission to stay on a protection route: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on the duration of, and conditions attached to, permission to stay.

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff make decisions on permission to stay, previously referred to as leave to remain, to be granted to those who have been granted refugee status or humanitarian protection under Part 11 of the Immigration Rules. This includes those granted at initial decision stage or following an allowed appeal.

This guidance only applies to asylum applications made on or after 28 June 2022.

Published 28 June 2022
Last updated 17 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated to remove reference to the differentiation policy, which was paused in the July 2023 Immigration Rules changes.

  2. First published.