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• Asylum and refugees

  Content list for asylum and refugees. Read our advice about offering someone to stay, after you get refugee status and preparing for an asylum review.

• After you get refugee status

  Finding new housing and applying for benefits after you get refugee status.

• Immigration

  Get advice on moving to and staying in the UK, including dealing with visas

• Getting a visa for your adult family member to join you in the UK

  Check who can apply for a visa as an adult dependant, including the rules about your income

• Check if you can get DLA for your child

  DLA isn’t just for children with physical disabilities - it’s also for behavioural and mental health conditions as well as learning disabilities and developmental delay

• Check if your immigration status lets you get benefits and help with housing

  Check if you’re allowed to claim public funds. Check what counts as public funds, and what else you might be able to claim

• Prepare for an asylum interview

  Get help preparing for an asylum interview (or ‘substantive interview’) when you apply for refugee status - it’s a chance for you to put your case across to someone from the Home Office.

• Deciding if citizenship is right for you

  Check what rights you get from British citizenship and if it’s right for you

• Applying for family visas or indefinite leave

  Check how your family member can apply to live in the UK, extend their visa or get indefinite leave to remain

• Check if you're eligible for PIP

  Conditions you have to meet to get Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a benefit that helps with extra costs if you're ill, have a disability or mental health issues