Asylum Claims
Further Submissions / Fresh Claim
Making "further submissions" provides you with an opportunity to give new evidence or additional information to the Home Office if your first claim for asylum (or human rights claim) has been refused, withdrawn, or treated as withdrawn.
By sending this new evidence or information, you are asking for a fresh review and a new decision on your right to stay in the United Kingdom (UK).
On what basis can I make further submissions?
For your further submissions to be considered as a fresh claim, your new evidence or information must include new and relevant information that has not been considered by the Home Office or during the appeal process. The basis of a fresh claim might be:
- New evidence supporting your original reason for claiming asylum.
- Your situation and circumstances have changed since your first asylum claim was refused.
- The situation in your home country may have changed.
- There has been a change in the way cases like yours are being handled and concluded.
What are the requirements for a fresh claim?
When you make further submissions, the Home Office will assess the evidence and information you provide to see if what you submit is significantly different.
The further submissions will only be considered significantly different if:
- The information and evidence have not already been considered; and
- Taken alongside the information and evidence considered in your first asylum claim, creates a good chance of succeeding.
What are the possible outcomes of making further submissions?
If the Home Office decides that your new evidence and information meets the requirements for a fresh claim, a new decision will be made on whether to grant you status in the UK.
If the Home Office decides that your new evidence and information meets the requirements for a fresh claim, but the evidence is not enough to grant you status, your fresh claim will be refused. However, you will have the right to appeal the decision.
If the Home Office decides that your new evidence and information do not meet the requirements for a fresh claim, your further submissions will be rejected without a right of appeal. It may, however, be possible to seek a judicial review of this decision.
How do I make further submissions?
To send your further submissions, you must do so in person at a Further Submissions Unit (FSU) in Liverpool, Belfast, Cardiff, or Glasgow. To book an appointment to attend the FSU, call 0300 123 7377.
Why choose us?
Going through the further submissions process can be difficult, especially if you do not have good and up-to-date legal advice on the requirements and whether your new evidence and information are likely to amount to a fresh claim.
Our highly trained immigration and asylum experts have a thorough understanding of the further submissions/fresh claim requirements and application process. We can help you maximise your chances of succeeding by providing you with:
- Advice on the further submissions/fresh claim requirements and process.
- An honest opinion on the positives and negatives of your case.
- A frank opinion on whether your new evidence or information are likely to be accepted as a fresh claim.
- Guidance on evidence based on your personal circumstances.
- Help with preparing and sending your evidence.
- Challenging a further submissions/fresh claim refusal decision.
