Guidance

Further submissions: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on protection or human rights based further submissions.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 20 May 2014
• Last updated: 26 July 2023 — See all updates

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff make decisions on further submissions following the refusal of an asylum or human rights claim.

Published 20 May 2014
Last updated 26 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 26 July 2023

   Updated to remove reference to the differentiation policy which was paused in the July 2023 Immigration Rules changes as explained in a Written Ministerial Statement of 8 June 2023.

2. 28 June 2022

   Updated to: reflect the process to lodge valid further submissions, for example the current in-person process for lodging protection-based further submissions; explain the decision-making process where further submissions are made outside of a valid application; refer to asylum policies following the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, for example the differentiated asylum system.

3. 22 February 2016

   Updated guidance.

4. 2 April 2015

   Updated guidance.

5. 20 May 2014

   First published.