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Change description : 2025-03-03 09:18:00: Guidance updated with the following changes: added child safeguarding section; updated contact email addresses and repaired and updated links; added new processes for Atlas and HOPS; expanded guidance on Irish visa matches; link added for biometrics data sharing; expanded section on asylum support considerations; added new references to Intelligence Referral Forms (replaces the former Visa Match Report process); added new guidance for asylum support considerations; amendments made to EU-related references; added UKVI (UK Visas and Immigration) team contacts. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Asylum claims from UK visa applicants: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on handling asylum claims from applicants who have a UK visa or have applied for one.

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UK Visas and Immigration
Published
3 April 2012
Last updated
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff responsible for screening, deciding and managing asylum applications from individuals who have:

  • a visa (or electronic visa waiver) to come to the UK

  • applied for a UK visa

  • applied for a visa to go to the Republic of Ireland

It covers:

  • the central reference system (CRS) and visa application forms (VAFs)

  • screening and routing actions

  • casework actions - file receipt, interviews, decisions and recommendations

  • visa match scenarios

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2025-03-03 09:18
Guidance updated with the following changes: added child safeguarding section; updated contact email addresses and repaired and updated links; added new processes for Atlas and HOPS; expanded guidance on Irish visa matches; link added for biometrics data sharing; expanded section on asylum support considerations; added new references to Intelligence Referral Forms (replaces the former Visa Match Report process); added new guidance for asylum support considerations; amendments made to EU-related references; added UKVI (UK Visas and Immigration) team contacts.

2024-06-10 09:20
Guidance temporarily withdrawn whilst it is under review.