Guidance

Tracing family of unaccompanied children: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on the policy and procedures for tracing family members of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
12 July 2016
Last updated
31 December 2020 — See all updates

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Family tracing

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff handling claims from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) and tracing family members. It covers:

  • considerations for assessing whether to undertake family tracing and what is appropriate

  • how family tracing must be conducted

  • what to do with information obtained from family tracing

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Published 12 July 2016
Last updated 31 December 2020 + show all updates

  1. Updated for end of EU transition period.

  2. Updated guidance.

  3. First published.

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