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Streamlined asylum processing for children: caseworker guidance

How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.

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Streamlined asylum processing for children’s casework

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Guidance for UK Visas and Immigration staff on temporary changes to speed up asylum processing for children. These changes are being trialled from 16 March 2023.

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Published 16 March 2023
Last updated 3 August 2023 + show all updates
  1. Revisions have been made to this guidance to: incorporate changes to streamlined asylum processing; remove references to the differentiation policy which was paused in the July 2023 Immigration Rules changes; update on when a statement of evidence form is not required.

  2. First published.