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Wendy Kay It refers to the start of the course.
Be aware though that the six months would start from their date of application or their arrival in the uk which ever is later, and if they have a claim refused and they appeal the six months starts again from the date of appeal.
48.1. have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office, and no decision on their claim has been made
I assume that there may be cases where date of application could pre-date arrival in the uk but for funding purposes the date of entry in the UK is the important one.
Do you mean a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) - if the learner holds one of these they are not an asylum seeker and and would need to meet the funding requirements dependent on their nationality/citizenship.
Asylum seekers will/should hold an ARC (Application Registration Card). These look very similar to a BRP.
HTH
Phil
Agree with Phil, but I'm hearing rumours that ARCs aren't being issued to all Asylum Seekers any more (there was definitely a backlog during the pandemic)... They should have *something* from the Home Office (possibly a "bail letter"?) with their date of application/arrival on, or if not, something from a solicitor would do at a push.
Wendy Kay
Asylum Seeker eligibility
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In the ESFA funded adult education budget: funding and performance management rules 2021 to 2022, For the 2021 to 2022 funding year (1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022), Version 3 - February 2022, it states;
Asylum seekers
48. Asylum seekers are eligible to receive funding if they:
48.1. have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office, and no decision on their claim has been made, or
48.2. are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014
Does the 'lived in the UK for 6 months or longer' refer to the start of the course or the start of the academic year?
Also, can an asylum seeker's date of application pre-date their date of entry to the UK? I have received an enrolment form from one of our sub-contracted training providers, and it states the
date of arrival in the UK as 05/02/22 and their date of application for asylum as 07/01/22.
Finally, can you confirm that a learner with a residence permit still has to meet the criteria above? My understanding is that they are still an asylum seeker whose application is being considered.
Many thanks