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Information about how to make your guests feel more comfortable in their new home, set expectations about how to live together and communicate with your guests.
Information about what to do if your guest will temporarily be absent from the UK.
How guests can find rematches, and the how councils can support them. Includes how sponsors can continue to host.
Find out when you need to pay VAT if you provide holiday accommodation, caravans and camping facilities.
What to do if your guest will be temporarily absent from your accommodation.
What councils need to do when a guest moves from one council's area to another council's area.
Making the first (interim) payments to guests.
What to do if you are concerned for your guests or their children's safety. Includes what to do if you think they are being exploited.
Information to help councils advise guests on opening a bank account.
What councils need to do when a guest moves between devolved administrations.
How to have sponsorship arrangements set up to end amicably, and what to do if a guest refuses to leave.
Information about what to do if you need to end your hosting arrangements for any reason.
This guidance contains sources of support available to sponsors.
The checks councils must make if a guest moves in before telling the council.
Information about the approved organisations that can help you find a guest or a host.
The role sponsors, the voluntary and community sector (VCS), and councils play in the scheme. Includes how tariff funding is designed for councils.
How to find a new guest that is already in the UK.
Who can apply to the scheme, how the application process works, and the checks that authorities must complete.
Resources for legally resettled Afghans in bridging, interim or transitional accommodation.
Information about next steps when you have sponsored a guest for 6 months.
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