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• After you get refugee status

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

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  • Immigration

• 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.

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  • Immigration

• If you have nowhere to stay tonight

  Find out how to get somewhere to stay if you have nowhere to stay tonight. Includes how to get into a night shelter, hostel or refuge.

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  • Housing
  • Homelessness

• Domestic abuse

  Find out what what you can do when you're fleeing from violence in the home, including finding emergency accommodation.

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  • Family
  • Gender violence

• NHS charges for people from abroad

  Information on charges for NHS treatment for people from abroad including who is entitled to receive free NHS treatment and which treatment is always free.

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  • Health
  • Help with health costs

• Staying in the UK on a visa without your partner

  If you’re in the UK as a dependant on your partner’s visa, you’ll need to check your eligibility to stay in the UK and apply for a new visa if you can. If you’re not eligible to stay in the UK you might have to leave.

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  • Immigration

• If it’s difficult to prove your right to reside

  How to prove you have a right to reside without evidence if you need to claim benefits as an EEA citizen.

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  • Benefits
  • Claiming benefits if you're from the EU

• Changing your claimant commitment

  Find out how to get your claimant commitment changed if your work coach asks you to do too much work-related activity as part of your Universal Credit claim.

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  • Benefits
  • Universal Credit

• Getting a council home

  Find out how to apply for a council home. Check if you can apply and what happens once you’re on the waiting list.

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  • Housing
  • Renting from the council or a housing association

• Check if you can apply for homeless help

  Find out if you can apply for homeless help - including what the council will look at to decide if you qualify for help.

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  • Housing
  • Homelessness