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
325 March 2025 — See all updates

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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

Updates to this page

Published 3 April 2012

Last updated 325 March 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

    3. 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.

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