bebe2 wrote:hi all am confused about the legacy stuff. do you need to have asked for asylum years ago or as long as you have been here and you can prove it.
e.g since 2001 first on eea spouse now refused pr, can you then apply under legacy.
Applications made before March 2007
This page explains how we are handling older asylum applications, which include most of those made before 5 March 2007. These are sometimes known as legacy cases and are dealt with by the case resolution directorate (CRD).
It is difficult to estimate how many cases are involved. We have previously estimated that there are between 400,000 and 450,000 electronic and paper records, but many of them are duplicates or errors. So this figure is not the number of asylum applicants awaiting a decision.
We define these unresolved asylum cases as ones where an asylum claim has been made and, as yet, the application has not been concluded either because of errors in recording information or because there is still some action we need to take on it.
We have established about forty teams to deal specifically with the older, unresolved paper and electronic case records. We call these the case resolution teams.
These teams do not take on new applications, or new evidence for existing applications dealt with by asylum teams in your region(see Process overview).
A substantial number of cases have already been resolved. We aim to conclude all of the incomplete cases by the summer of 2011 and are on track to do so.
This is not an amnesty for individuals whose cases are unresolved. We will consider the cases in same way as new applications, using the same rules to decide whether applicants qualify for permission to stay in the United Kingdom or should be refused asylum and removed from the country. Human rights factors will be part of this assessment.
Each case has been allocated to a case owner who will process it through to conclusion. Initially case owners will check computer records against paper files, correcting data errors and deleting duplicate records.
Then they will check criminal records and any individual who has committed a serious offence will be considered for deportation. The remaining cases will then be considered.
For information on the cases to which we are giving priority, see Which cases will be considered first?
For further information you should contact the case resolution directorate. See the contact page for details on how to do this.
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/asylum/oldercases/[/u]
