Guidance

Processing children's asylum claims: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims from accompanied and unaccompanied children.

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
16 April 2013
Last updated
20 December 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Processing children's asylum claims

PDF, 632 KB, 94 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance to help staff process claims from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) and children making asylum claims in their own right. It includes information on the use of interpreters, providing advice, support and welfare, interviewing children, the appeals process and more.

This guidance is under review. This version does not yet reflect changes under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 where those came into force on 28 June 2022. Other guidance reflecting those changes made under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 which are relevant to children’s asylum cases will be available on GOV.UK.

We are aware this PDF publication may have accessibility issues. We are reviewing this so that we can fix it.

Read more about our accessible documents policy.

Updates to this page

Published 16 April 2013
Last updated 20 December 2024 + show all updates

  1. Guidance updated throughout.

  2. This guidance is under review and does not yet reflect changes under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 where those came into force on 28 June 2022.

  3. Updated for end of EU transition period.

  4. Updated guidance page

  5. Updated guidance.

  6. Updated guidance.

  7. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content