Windrush: applicant information
Information for applicants to the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme.
If you’re settled in the UK but do not have a document to prove it, you may be eligible to apply to the Windrush Scheme.
Find out about the Windrush Scheme and how you can apply for a document to prove you can live and work in the UK. It’s free to apply.
You may also be able to apply for compensation through the Windrush Compensation Scheme if you suffered a loss because you could not show you had the right to live in the UK.
Windrush Scheme
Windrush Compensation Scheme
Documents related to the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020 can be found on the Parliament website. The Act gives the Home Office parliamentary financial authority to make payments under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Windrush schemes for overseas applicants
Guidance for landlords, employers and NHS staff
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Updates to this page
Last updated 29 December 2023 + show all updates
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Information on the State Pension solution added.
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Removed email address to sign up for email updates about the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme.
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Windrush Compensation Scheme Equality Impact Assessment added.
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Added a section on Windrush schemes for overseas applicants.
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Added information about the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020 which received Royal Assent on 8 June 2020.
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Collection page updated throughout: introduction and a link to new guide on how to apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme added.
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Added the oral statement on the Windrush Lessons Learned Review and information about the Windrush Lessons Learned Review Independent Advisory Group to the section "Windrush review".
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Impact Assessment for the implementation stage of the Windrush Compensation Scheme added.
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Added a link to the new guide: Windrush scheme: prove your right to be in the UK.
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Windrush Compensation Scheme claim forms and guidance and privacy information notice added.
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