Guidance and regulation

The Refugee Employability Programme supports refugees to find work and settle into their local communities.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 4 April 2024

Guidance for staff involved in planning to discharge patients at risk of or experiencing homelessness, or who have no recourse to public funds.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 26 January 2024

• Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness

  About this guidance This guidance is for staff in care transfer hubs and…

Immigration staff guidance on permission to work for asylum applicants.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 4 April 2024

• Permission to work and volunteering for asylum seekers (accessible)

  Version 15.0 About this guidance This guidance tells you about handling…

A guide for adults who have been granted asylum in England to access public services and make the most of the opportunities in the UK.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 18 February 2021

Immigration staff guidance on the allocation of non-detained asylum accommodation.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 8 April 2024

This guide is primarily for asylum seekers staying in initial accommodation.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 5 December 2023

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

Funding instructions for local authorities for schemes supporting people from Afghanistan.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 7 September 2023

Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 23 January 2024

Funding instruction for local authorities in support of the United Kingdom’s resettlement schemes.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 1 November 2023

Immigration staff guidance on considering additional support for asylum seekers under section 96(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 16 March 2017

Immigration staff guidance on assessing and making decisions on asylum support claims based on destitution.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 30 August 2023

This guide is for asylum seekers staying in temporary accommodation while their claim for asylum is assessed.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 25 May 2023

Describes how the Home Office and our commissioned providers ensure the safety and wellbeing of those we are accommodating.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 9 May 2022

Immigration staff guidance on what to consider when receiving applications from asylum seekers who require additional support or care.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 3 August 2018

Immigration staff guidance on how and when to cease support following a change in a person’s immigration status or eligibility for asylum support.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 13 July 2023

Immigration staff guidance on healthcare needs to consider when finding accommodation for asylum applicants.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 28 January 2016

Funding instruction for local authorities in the support of the UK's Afghan Locally Engaged Staff Ex Gratia and Afghan Relocation and Assistance Schemes.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 10 January 2023

Immigration staff guidance on conditions that can affect asylum support such as breaches, antisocial behaviour, racist incidents and overpayment.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 10 March 2023

Immigration staff guidance on applying section 55 when processing applications for asylum support.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 1 June 2015