Voluntary return to your home country
Information about the help you can get to return home if you are a migrant with no legal status to remain in the UK or an asylum seeker.
The Voluntary Returns Service’s (VRS) role is to offer practical support to people in the UK with no right to live in the UK who have decided that they wish to return home. This support is also available to people who have claimed or who are claiming asylum.
The level of support available depends on individual circumstances.
The Home Office recognises that there will be people who choose to return to their home country, but who have no means of doing so, or who need help, depending on their personal circumstances.
Voluntary Returns Service process
Breaks down each step of the Voluntary Returns Service and includes information on baggage allowance, travelling with pets, coronavirus, medical support and more.
Guidance on voluntary and assisted returns
Casework guidance to officers arranging returns from the UK, including specific guidance on the management and arrangement of voluntary and assisted returns.
Stories of return
Real-life stories about people the VRS has helped to return home.
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