Collection

Asylum decision making guidance (asylum instructions)

Asylum policy guidance for decision making in asylum applications.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 11 June 2014
• Last updated: 2 October 2023 — See all updates

This collection contains asylum policy guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions on asylum applications.

Documents

• Applications from abroad policy: caseworker guidance
  • 20 September 2011
  • Guidance
• Assessing credibility and refugee status: caseworker guidance
  • 28 September 2023
  • Guidance
• Asylum claims lodged before 28 June 2022: caseworker guidance
  • 28 June 2022
  • Guidance
• Asylum decision making prioritisation: caseworker guidance
  • 11 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Asylum decisions: caseworker guidance
  • 8 November 2023
  • Guidance
• Checking a representative is legally authorised: caseworker guidance
  • 26 February 2010
  • Guidance
• Child staying with or joining a non-parent relative (protection)
  • 8 November 2024
  • Guidance
• Code of conduct for interpreters: caseworker guidance
  • 25 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Conducting asylum interviews: caseworker guidance
  • 28 June 2022
  • Guidance
• Children’s individual protection needs: caseworker guidance
  • 30 July 2021
  • Guidance
• Considering human rights claims: caseworker guidance
  • 27 October 2009
  • Guidance
• Dependants and former dependants: caseworker guidance
  • 26 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Disclosure of information for asylum applications: caseworker guidance
  • 31 August 2022
  • Guidance
• Discretionary leave: caseworker guidance
  • 30 May 2024
  • Guidance
• Doubtful and disputed nationality cases: caseworker guidance
  • 24 October 2024
  • Guidance
• EEA and EU asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 25 July 2024
  • Guidance
• Exclusion under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention: caseworker guidance
  • 28 June 2022
  • Guidance
• Family asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 22 September 2021
  • Guidance
• Family cases: caseworker guidance
  • 1 March 2011
  • Guidance
• Family reunion: caseworker guidance
  • 17 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Further submissions: caseworker guidance
  • 26 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Gender issues in asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 13 April 2018
  • Guidance
• Granting humanitarian protection: caseworker guidance
  • 1 August 2023
  • Guidance
• Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: caseworker guidance
  • 25 September 2012
  • Guidance
• Inadmissibility – third country cases: caseworker guidance
  • 15 August 2024
  • Guidance
• Integration loans for refugees: caseworker guidance
  • 10 March 2015
  • Guidance
• Language analysis: caseworker guidance
  • 2 March 2018
  • Guidance
• Mandate refugees: caseworker guidance
  • 1 June 2012
  • Guidance
• Medical evidence in asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 30 August 2022
  • Guidance
• Military service and conscientious objection: caseworker guidance
  • 29 July 2022
  • Guidance
• Multiple applications: caseworker guidance
  • 15 November 2013
  • Guidance
• Non-compliant claims: caseworker guidance
  • 15 November 2013
  • Guidance
• Operational instruction – Hague Convention cases: caseworker guidance
  • 12 July 2021
  • Guidance
• Palestinian refugees: caseworker guidance
  • 19 May 2016
  • Guidance
• Pending prosecutions in asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 19 January 2023
  • Guidance
• Permission to stay on a protection route: caseworker guidance
  • 17 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Permission to work: caseworker guidance
  • 22 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Restricted leave: caseworker guidance
  • 25 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Reviewing refugee leave or settlement protection: caseworker guidance
  • 5 July 2010
  • Guidance
• Revocation of protection status: caseworker guidance
  • 28 June 2022
  • Guidance
• Revoking indefinite leave to remain in the UK: caseworker guidance
  • 18 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Settlement protection: caseworker guidance
  • 6 October 2021
  • Guidance
• Sexual identity issues in asylum interviews: caseworker guidance
  • 2 August 2016
  • Guidance
• Streamlined asylum processing
  • 2 May 2024
  • Guidance
• Transferring refugee status – interim notice: caseworker guidance
  • 16 July 2024
  • Guidance
• Transgender identity issues in asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 13 June 2011
  • Guidance
• Translations for asylum claims: caseworker guidance
  • 15 November 2009
  • Guidance
• Withdrawing asylum applications: caseworker guidance
  • 3 October 2024
  • Guidance

Published 11 June 2014
Last updated 2 October 2023 + show all updates

1. 2 October 2023

   Added new guidance on asylum decision making prioritisation.

2. 12 April 2023

   Added the guidance for a child staying with or joining a non-parent relative (protection).

3. 23 February 2023

   Added guidance on streamlined asylum processing.

4. 28 June 2022

   Guidance on permission to stay on a protection route for claims made from 28 June 2022 published.

5. 22 September 2021

   Guidance on "Family Asylum Claims" added.

6. 5 August 2021

   Guidance on 'medical evidence in asylum claims' added.

7. 30 July 2021

   Added operational note on 'considering children's individual protection needs'.

8. 12 July 2021

   Added guidance on Hague Convention cases.

9. 23 December 2020

   Added the guidance on family reunion immigration rules.

10. 7 October 2020

    Added guidance for pending prosecutions in asylum claims.

11. 8 October 2018

    "Inadmissibility: third country cases" added to collection.

12. 1 February 2018

    Guidance on disclosure of asylum information to third parties added.

13. 23 February 2015

    Updated guidance on asylum process

14. 16 February 2015

    Added guidance on sexual identity issues in the asylum claim

15. 11 June 2014

    First published.