Home Office asylum support

When Home Office support ends

When a person is granted permission to stay

When a person is granted refugee status, humanitarian protection or another type of immigration permission, their asylum support will end.

The Home Office currently issues:

• 42 days' notice before financial support ends and the person must leave Home Office accommodation (the move-on period)
• a Notice to Quit (NTQ) at least 7 days before the person must leave their accommodation

A person should contact Migrant Help and request an extension of support if:

• they receive their eVisa with less than 42 days' notice
• they receive a Notice to Quit (NTQ) with less than 7 days' notice
• they do not receive one or both notices

People granted refugee status or humanitarian protection will normally be eligible for benefits and local authority housing and homelessness assistance.

Further information about moving on after a grant of status following an asylum claim is available from Migrant Help and in the Home Office guidance on ceasing section 95 support.

Local authority notifications

Councils must be notified when support is ending for a person accommodated in their area following a grant of status. Notifications may be sent by email or through a shared data portal.

Councils are not usually notified when asylum support ends following an unsuccessful asylum claim or breach of conditions.

When a person's asylum claim is unsuccessful

A person receiving asylum support may continue to be supported until they become appeal rights exhausted (ARE).

When support ends, the notice period will depend on the type of support being received:

• people receiving section 95 support will normally receive 21 days' notice that their support is ending
• people receiving section 4 support will normally have 14 days to leave their accommodation

People receiving section 95 or section 4 support should also receive a Notice to Quit (NTQ) at least 7 days before they are required to leave their accommodation.

People who become ARE may qualify for section 4 support and should make an application as soon as possible.

If a household includes a dependent child under 18 when the person becomes ARE, the family will usually continue to receive asylum support until there is no longer a dependent child under 18 in the household.

People who are ARE will usually have no recourse to public funds (NRPF) and will not be eligible for benefits or local authority homelessness assistance.

Breach of conditions

Where section 95 or section 4 support is withdrawn because of a breach of the conditions of support, the person will have a right of appeal to the Asylum Support Tribunal.

Further assistance

The Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) provides advice and assistance with asylum support appeals and applications.

See our webpage on help for people seeking asylum for information on services providing advice and advocacy to asylum seekers.

Page updated: 14 July 2026