Process overview
This page explains the process we use for considering new asylum applications. Each application is placed with a single person, known as a case owner, who deals with every aspect of it from beginning to end.
The case owner aims to conclude your application within six months. This means that within six months:
- you will start integration into life in the United Kingdom if your application is successful; or
- you will return home, either voluntarily or by enforced removal, if your application is unsuccessful.
We may detain you while we consider your application.
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Integrate
Build a life in the United Kingdom and become fully established as a member of our society.