Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Afghan nationals applying to the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy or (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in sourcing the necessary paperwork.

Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP)

The ARAP website, on gov.uk, provides extensive guidance on how to submit an application to the scheme and can be viewed at:

Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy: further information on eligibility criteria, offer details and how to apply - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The MOD also provide casework support to eligible ARAP applications, 7 days a week, which varies in accordance with individual applicant’s needs.

Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS)

There will not be a formal Home Office owned application process for the ACRS. Instead, eligible people will be prioritised and referred for resettlement to the UK in one of the three ways set out in the Afghan Resettlement and Immigration Policy Statement, which can be viewed at:

Afghanistan resettlement and immigration policy statement (accessible version) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)