Will the Home Office extend my support?

In limited circumstances, support may be reinstated or extended following a discontinuation. If you believe there is a reason for your support to be reinstated or extended, please contact Migrant Help who will submit your request to the Home Office. The Home Office should respond to your request within 5 working days where all relevant information has been provided. 

 Common scenarios where an extension or reinstatement may be required include:

• where a decision or discontinuation of support has not been served in line with policy
• specific safeguarding or health reasons that are reviewed by the safeguarding team or medical expert and determined that support should not be discontinued
• court orders and appeals
• where someone has been granted leave and issued an eVisa, but there is an error on the eVisa which means the individual is unable to use it (Please note: The home office will automatically consider extending support when looking into the eVisa issue.)

The Home Office will consider each request for a reinstatement or extension of support on a case-by-case basis.

eVisas

If you identify an error on your eVisa you must report these to the Home Office immediately, or within 10 days where not possible, using the Report an Error service on GOV.UK. The Home Office will then consider whether support should be reinstated or extended. You do not need to contact Migrant Help to make this request.

For more information about reinstatements and extensions of support, see the Ceasing Asylum Support guidance on GOV.UK:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ceasing-asylum-support-instruction