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Guidance

Ceasing asylum support: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how and when to cease support following a change in a person’s immigration status or eligibility for asylum support.

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UK Visas and Immigration
Published
1 October 2009
Last updated
1819 SeptemberAugust 20252024 — See all updates

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance to help staff make a decision about when stopping asylum support due to a change in immigration status or eligibility is appropriate and when it should not be ceased.

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Published 1 October 2009

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Update history

2026-02-26 11:40
This guidance has been updated to expand the section on reinstatements or extensions of support.

2025-09-30 15:34
This guidance has been updated on page 15 to clarify the process for discontinuing support in failure to travel cases.

2025-09-18 16:38
Extensions and reinstatements of support section added.

2024-08-19 14:51
Updated the withdrawn asylum claims section to allow a right of appeal against the decision to cease support where the asylum claim has been withdrawn.

2023-07-13 10:35
Added new subsection on ceasing asylum support for those granted interim Discretionary Leave (KTT) or Temporary Permission to Stay (VTS) Leave.

2022-06-28 09:00
Guidance has been modernised and placed into the new guidance template. See ‘Changes from last version of this guidance’ for a full list of changes.