Guidance

Transferring refugee status – interim notice: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on transferring refugee status.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 5 February 2013
• Last updated: 16 July 2024 — See all updates

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Transfer of refugee status – interim notice

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Details

The address to send applications to has changed. Use the address on this page. Do not use the address in the interim notice.

To apply for transfer of refugee status, you must meet these criteria:

• you are a recognised refugee by a country that has ratified the European Agreement on Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees
• you are lawfully resident in the UK
• a transfer of responsibility is deemed to have occurred

There is no application form. All requests must include evidence that you have met the criteria for transferring refugee status.

Send requests for transfer of refugee status to:

SCW Team
Further Submissions Casework Unit
Asylum Children's and Secondary Casework
Floor 0, The Capital Building
Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP

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Published 5 February 2013
Last updated 16 July 2024 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2024

   The address to send applications to has changed.

2. 5 February 2013

   First published.