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Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children

• Overview

  You must apply for asylum if you want to stay in the UK as a refugee. To…

• Eligibility

  To stay in the UK as a refugee you must be unable to live safely in any…

• Documents you must provide

  You’ll need documents for yourself and your dependants (partner and…

• Register your asylum claim

  You register your asylum claim at a ‘screening’. This is a meeting with an…

• After your screening

  After your screening, the Home Office will review your case and decide…

• Asylum interview

  Your asylum interview will usually take place soon after your screening.…

• Get a decision

  Your application will be decided as soon as possible. It may take longer…

• Help you can get

  You can get help from asylum helplines run by charities. They can help…

• If you're under 18

  This information is for children applying on their own. If you have an…

Make arrangements to return home voluntarily if you're in the UK illegally or have claimed asylum by assisted return, voluntary return, AVR, VRS

• Overview

  You can get help to return to your home country if you do not have…

• Who can get help

  You can usually apply for help to return home (‘voluntary return’) if any…

• How to apply

  Apply online for voluntary return. You’ll need: your address in the UK an…

When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions

• Overview

  You can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)…

• Appeal from within the UK

  You can only appeal to the tribunal if you have the legal right to appeal…

• Appeal from outside the UK

  You can only appeal to the tribunal if you have the legal right to appeal…

• Applications made before 6 April 2015

  You might be able to appeal against a decision made by the Home Office if…

• If there's a hearing

  You’ll get a letter or email with details of how to attend your hearing.…

• Get a decision

  You’ll be given a decision in person or by post. The tribunal will either…

• Legislation and previous decisions

  Read the rules the tribunal must follow and the guidance it’s issued. All…

Use the online ARC enquiry form to contact the Home Office about your ARC card.

• From: Home Office

How to apply for asylum support if you're waiting to find out if you'll be given asylum in the UK

Apply to stay in the UK as a stateless person – who can apply, how to include family, documents you need, how to apply and extend

Form to extend your stay in the UK for human rights claims, leave outside the rules and other routes not covered by other forms.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

Apply for a refugee integration loan if you're over 18 and you're either a refugee, you've been given humanitarian protection or you're the dependant of a refugee or someone who's been given humanita…

Helplines for asylum applicants and refugees - telephone numbers and opening hours

Form for destitute asylum applicants and failed asylum seekers to apply for support.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

When you need to go to an asylum intake unit - how to make an appointment, where to go, opening times, how long it takes

Submit new evidence if your asylum application has been refused and you have no more right to appeal - called ‘further submission’

Results of appeals made to Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

Use this form to give UK Visas and Immigration information about your asylum claim.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

Form to give UK Visas and Immigration more information about claim for asylum, humanitarian protection or discretionary permission to be in UK.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support) if you've been refused asylum support or if your support's been stopped

Form to apply for an extension of stay or indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you were refused asylum but given discretionary leave to stay in the UK.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

Use this form to give UK Visas and Immigration information about your asylum claim.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

Community sponsorship is a way that community groups can be involved in supporting the resettlement of vulnerable people fleeing conflict.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 4 others

If you are a refugee or have been given humanitarian protection, you might be able to apply for a loan to help you integrate into UK society.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration