Asylum support
How to claim
Housing and cash support for asylum seekers
Apply using form ASF1 to claim housing and cash support.
Send the form to the asylum support casework team.
Asylum Support Casework Team
PO Box 471
Dover
CT16 9FN
You might be able to apply for additional support if the general allowance will not cover your needs. You’ll have to show that you cannot meet your needs in any other way.
Read the guidance on additional support.
Fill in form ASF2 and contact the Asylum Support Application Service. The details are on the form.
Call an asylum helpline for help with applications.
If you’re refused asylum
You must return to your country as soon as possible if you’re refused asylum.
You can apply for short-term support using form ASF1.
You’ll need to complete a ‘section 4(2)’ medical declaration if you have a specific medical issue.
You can also apply for additional help (section 4(2) support), for example:
- medical appointments
- getting your new baby’s birth certificate
- maternity payments
Read the guidance on section 4(2) support.
Send all forms to the asylum support casework team by email or post.
Asylum Support Casework Team
PO Box 471
Dover
CT16 9FN
Education for children
Contact your local council if you have children and want to:
Healthcare
Contact the free National Health Service (NHS) 111 service for help and advice with health problems when it’s not an emergency.
NHS 111
Telephone: 111
Textphone: 18001 111
Phone NHS Help With Health Costs for help with prescriptions for medicine, dental care, eyesight tests and buying glasses.
NHS Help With Health Costs
Telephone: 0300 330 1343
Find out about call charges
Help and advice
Call one of the asylum helplines to get free advice about the asylum process or adapting to life in the UK.