Guidance

Questionnaire: continue your asylum claim

Use this questionnaire if you are from Iran, and you applied for asylum between 28 June 2022 to 7 March 2023.

This guidance was withdrawn on

This page has been archived as the questionnaire can no longer be used. You can read guidance on claiming asylum here.

You can no longer use this questionnaire.

If the Home Office previously contacted you, but you were not able to complete the questionnaire, you will be invited for an interview.

Complete this questionnaire if the Home Office asked you to. You can use it to tell us:

  • you still need a decision
  • any change in your circumstances
  • anything else important about your claim

We’ll use the information you give us to decide your asylum claim. We’ll arrange an interview if we need more details to make a decision.

You cannot use this questionnaire to make a new claim for asylum.

If you wish to provide any further evidence in support of your asylum claim, please email Asylum Central Communications Hub asylumcentralcommunicationshub@homeoffice.gov.uk

Eligibility

To use the questionnaire you must:

  • be an Iranian national
  • have claimed asylum in the UK between 28 June 2022 to 7 March 2023
  • have received a letter from the Home Office asking you to complete the questionnaire
  • be over 18
  • be in the UK now
  • have access to email

If you claimed asylum in the UK on or after 28 June 2022, you do not need to do anything. We’ll contact you about the next steps of your asylum claim.

Filling in the questionnaire

You’ll be asked:

  • your name, address and contact details
  • your 8-digit Case ID number (it’s in the letter we sent about the questionnaire)
  • your immigration adviser or solicitor’s details (if you have one)
  • your family members’ details
  • why you left your home country
  • to upload documents to support your claim

Enter all information into the questionnaire. Do not upload a covering letter.

If you send us a document which is not in English, you must provide a certified translation.

If you have previously returned a completed Preliminary Information Questionnaire (PIQ), please use this questionnaire to provide any additional or updated information.

Evidence you cannot send us

Do not upload:

  • videos
  • any content which is sexually explicit
  • any content which shows violence, severe injury, or death

Privacy notice

Read guidance on how we look after and use your personal information.

Updates to this page

Published 17 May 2023
Last updated 13 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Questionnaire is currently unavailable.

  2. Added information for who can no longer use the form.

  3. Clarified that this questionnaire is for people from Iran or Iraq.

  4. First published.

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