Guidance and regulation

UK Visas and Immigration's arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 3 November 2009

Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 22 September 2023

• UASC funding instructions to local authorities 2023 to 2024 (accessible)

  Date of Issue: 24 April 2023 Version: 1.0 1. Scope and definition 1.1 This…

• Leaving care funding instructions to local authorities 2023 to 2024 (accessible)

  Date of Issue: 24 April 2023 Version: 1 1. Scope and definition 1.1 This…

• Additional funding instructions - National Transfer Scheme (accessible version)

  Date of issue: 4 September 2023 Version 1.2 1. A further temporary…

Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims from accompanied and unaccompanied children.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 28 June 2022

National transfer procedure on transferring unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 17 August 2023

Immigration staff guidance on assessing the age of an applicant when they claim to be a child.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 March 2023

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

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 3 August 2023

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

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 December 2020

Immigration staff guidance on how the Home Office and local authorities in England assess age disputes from applicants claiming to be a child.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 March 2023

Immigration staff guidance detailing the policy, processes and procedures to follow when receiving an asylum claim from families with a child under 18.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 1 March 2011

Immigration staff guidance on processing and deciding asylum claims, including for those who conduct interviews.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 30 July 2021

Immigration staff guidance on Operation Innerste, a multi agency operation focused on safeguarding unaccompanied migrant children in the UK.

• From: Immigration Enforcement
• Updated: 26 October 2023

Immigration staff guidance on the commencement of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 11 April 2024

Immigration staff guidance on processing applications from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) who are about to turn 18 years old.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 21 January 2015

Detention services order 19/2012 about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in detention.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 19 November 2019

Immigration staff guidance on cases with Hague Convention proceedings in the UK High Court.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 12 July 2021

Asylum policy guidance on identity checking and family tracing by the Albanian authorities.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 January 2014

Immigration staff guidance on tracing families of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Bangladesh with help from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 3 February 2014

Asylum policy guidance on verifying the identities and tracing the families of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Vietnam.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 28 April 2021