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Guidance: Revocation of protection status: caseworker guidance

Uk Visas Immigration

January 27
10:54 2025

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UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance that describes the circumstances in which it may be appropriate to revoke protection status (refugee status or humanitarian protection) and explains the policy, process and procedures that must be followed. The guidance also explains how protection status can be renounced.

It replaces the previous asylum policy instruction on revocation of refugee status.

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Published 8 December 2008
Last updated 27 January 2025 +show all updates
  1. Updated to remove references to contacting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

  2. Added new guidance 'Revocation of protection status' to replace the previous asylum policy guidance, 'Revocation of refugee status'.

  3. Updated guidance.

  4. First published.

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