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• After you get refugee status

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

• 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

• Getting help from social services if you're homeless

  Check if you can get help from social services and what help they can give. Check how to apply for help and what you can do if they refuse

• Showing habitual residence to get help with housing

  If you moved or returned to the UK in the last 2 years, check if you need to be habitually resident and what evidence you need to prove

• Must public authorities always comply with the public sector equality duty?

  Find out when public authorities don't have to comply with the public sector equality duty, covering judicial and immigration functions and age exceptions.

• Getting on the waiting list for a council home

  Check if you can get on the waiting list and how to fill in your application. Check what happens when you're on the list

• 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

• Check if you have the right to work in the UK

  Find out if you can work in the UK. Your right to work in the UK depends on your immigration status - this is also called your ‘leave’.

• Your options if you're in the UK illegally

  How to get British citizenship or a legal immigration status if you're living in the UK illegally

• Information landlords ask for when you start renting

  Check what information you might need to start renting from a private landlord. Check how to prove you have the ‘right to rent’ in the UK